Police followed step by step: Grocery shop ‘Hawala’ office appeared
Evaluating a report they received, the police determined that illegal transactions were carried out against foreigners in a workplace disguised as a grocery store. In the researches, it was determined that the grocery store was also used as a «Hawala» office. The police, who entered the address and raided the address on April 8, disguised as a customer, and seized the agenda and documents showing the money transfers from the address to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Serbia.
During the raid, two Afghan suspects, HKA and NA, were detained as the owner of the address, who entered Turkey with refugee status and then obtained a residence permit. During the searches, the money counting machine, the agenda showing the money movements and the account statements were seized. The two suspects, who were referred to the courthouse, were released after judicial control.
WHAT IS HAWALA?
It is a method used especially in countries and regions where international financial institutions are not available and banking systems are not widespread. In this method, an agreement is made with a mutual office, exchange office or jeweler in the two countries. For example, a person who will send money to our country from Afghanistan goes to the “Hawala” center in his country and deposits money. He gets a password for the money he deposits. It sends the received password to the person who will receive the money in our country. Then, the same amount of money is collected from the illegal “Hawala” center established in Turkey.
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The police in Turkey raided a grocery store that was disguising an illegal Hawala office. Hawala is a method of transferring money that is used in countries where banking systems are not widespread. The police seized documents showing money transfers to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Serbia. Two Afghan suspects were detained during the raid, but later released after judicial control. Hawala involves making agreements with mutual offices, exchange offices, or jewelers in two countries. The sender deposits money at a Hawala center and gets a password, which is then sent to the receiver. The same amount of money is then collected from an illegal Hawala center in the receiver’s country.
