The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime #UNODC has published a report on operations and misuse of the Hawala system.

The report provides information on:

➡️ The Regulatory framework for hawala service providers;

➡️ Who uses hawala and why?;

➡️ The hawala system in operation;

➡️ Hawala and organized crime;

➡️ Hawala and opiate trafficking, migrant smuggling, and contemporary issues; and

➡️ Policy considerations and pathways for future research.

Firms can view the UNODC report to gain insights into hawala as a money or value transfer service and its relation to financial crime.

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/AOTP/Hawala_Digital.pdf