hawala

noun

/həˈwɑːlə/

(also havala)

[uncountable]

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(in Arab countries and South Asia) a traditional system of transferring money to a person in another country or area, which involves paying money to an agent who then tells another agent in the relevant place to pay that person哈瓦拉汇款体系（阿拉伯国家和南亚的传统汇款方式，汇款人付钱给一名代理人，后者再告知相关地点的另一名代理人付钱给收款人）
- He is believed to have moved money to Iraq by hawala.据信他通过哈瓦拉将资金转移到伊拉克。
- Many organizations in the region use hawala to avoid the banking system.该地区的许多组织使用哈瓦拉来避开银行系统。
- She was arrested for her involvement in hawala transactions to fund militant activities.她因参与资助激进活动的哈瓦拉交易而被捕。