(Zaman Al Wasl)- The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation has carried out a series of raids on several locations in the north of the country, targeting a "criminal gang" who transfers huge amounts of money to Syria, consisting of 11 people, including a woman.
According to a report by NDR (Northern German Broadcasting), the raids involved 16 places in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and took place on Wednesday morning, culminating in the arrest of two men and the confiscation of large amounts of money.
The arrests brought the number of members of the "criminal gang" to 11 most of them Syrians, according to the NDR, who were involved in the transfer of huge amounts of Euros between December 2018 and July 2019.
A spokesperson for the General Office reported that the "gang" was involved in many crimes, including sendng money Syria through illegal brockers which is known for Syrians as 'Hawala system'.
The 'Hawala' system is an alternative remittance channel that exists ourside of traditional banking systems. It is based on the transfer of a sum of money by a party in a country (e.g. Germany), so that a similar amount is delivered to another person in another country (e.g. Syria), without any money actually moving or virtually leaving Germany. Interpol define it as “money transfer without money movement).
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