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Criminal Law

Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing through Hawala Money Transfer Operators

Edited by Scott N. Romaniuk · Amparo Pamela Fabe · Joan Andrea Toledo · Animesh Roul · Debasish Nandy
Coming Soon Palgrave Macmillan Available August 2026

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ISBN-13
9789819728930
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication
August 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Singapore ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing through Hawala Money Transfer Operators investigates the historical, contemporary, and future orientations of the hawala system as it exists at the nexus of national security policy and practice, money laundering, and the financing of terrorism and criminal activity. It examines the emerging connections between criminal and terrorist organisations that aim to exploit this time-honoured system for their unlawful and violent intentions, states, and financial systems.

The book offers a thorough examination of a topic that is frequently framed and seen as a major security threat on a local, national, and international scale. Inconsistent state regulations, inadequate international regulatory oversight, and misinformed policy all contribute to the complexity of the issue. It integrates empirical and substantive data and analyses with conceptual approaches to the hawala informal remittance system and its exploitation by criminal and terrorist actors.

Table of Contents

Part 1: MTOs, States, and Hawala
Chapter 1: Introduction: Co-opting Hawala
Chapter 2: Hawala and Financing Terrorism Since 9/11: A Literature Review
Chapter 3: Anti-Money Laundering Objectives and Cycles: Tracking Criminal Cash
Chapter 4: Regulating Hawala: The Role of International Financial Institutions
Chapter 5: Banking on Trust: Why Hawala Is Ineffective in Raising Financial Literacy
Chapter 6: Hawala and Islamic Jurisprudence: Money Transfers, Charities, and (Islamist) Terror Networks

Part II: Country cases
Chapter 7: Walking a Precarious Ledge: The Nexus between Hawala, Money Laundering, and Terror Financing in Pakistan
Chapter 8: Dark Money: Hawala Transactions in Afghanistan
Chapter 9: Unveiling the Parallel Economy: Policing and Regulating India's Hawala Menace
Chapter 10: Terror Financing Networks Redux: Combating Hawala Exploitation and Extremism in Bangladesh
Chapter 11: Balancing on a Knife's Edge: The Hawala/Undiyal Transfer Mechanisms, Terror Financing, and Sri Lanka's Debt Vulnerabilities
Chapter 12: Good Money, Bad Money: The Financial Mosaic of Hawala in Indonesia
Chapter 13: Curbing Illicit Flows: A Focus on Hawala and Malaysia
Chapter 14: Shady Business: The Dilemma of the Unrecognised Hawala Economy in the Philippines
Chapter 15: A Matter of Strict Policy: Strengthening Hawala Regulations in the United Arab Emirates
Chapter 16: Agents of Hawalaland: Crime-Enabled Hawala Operations in Somalia
Chapter 17: Feeding the Crime-Terror Nexus: 'Hawala and Other Similar Service Providers' in the European Union
Chapter 18: A Minor Problem of National Security: Hawala, Terrorist Networks, and Proxy Agents in the United States
Chapter 19: Conclusion: Hawala and the War on Illicit Cash
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