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  • Sri Lanka's unofficial forex market is mostly supplied by returning expatriate workers who hand carry currency and those who remit money via the so-called 'havala' net settlement system especially from European countries like Italy.

    LBO-Lanka Business Online 2010

  • Sri Lanka's unofficial forex market is mostly supplied by returning expatriate workers who hand carry currency and those who remit money via the so-called 'havala' net settlement system especially from European countries like Italy.

    LBO-Lanka Business Online 2010

  • How they would take their maximum allowance back home with them, then hand it over to middlemen—the havala traders—who would then sell it into the market.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • How they would take their maximum allowance back home with them, then hand it over to middlemen—the havala traders—who would then sell it into the market.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • How they would take their maximum allowance back home with them, then hand it over to middlemen—the havala traders—who would then sell it into the market.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • 'BHATKAL' is now become safe havan for illegal activities. everything happening from here. havala racket, drugs, illict weapons, smuggling etc. it's next to dubai called 'mini dubai'. anyhow it's the case of internal conflict between several gangs. w / out information first hand nobody able to do.,

    unknown title 2009

  • We stayed in a renovated havala, it was amazing, inside are 2 courtyards with the sky above, open roofed, the stars are the celing at night.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • Actually, the truth was that the Fall wasn’t about gold, havala, or Non-Resident Indians.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • Actually, the truth was that the Fall wasn’t about gold, havala, or Non-Resident Indians.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • Actually, the truth was that the Fall wasn’t about gold, havala, or Non-Resident Indians.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

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  • Term for hawala in Iran.

    February 13, 2010