WhatsApp Group Linked to Global Cash Transfers for Crime, Terrorism
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WhatsApp group with 532 members, 82,000 messages, millions in cash transfers: Report exposes hawala network
The 532-member group, called “Traders of Greater Europe,” reportedly contained more than 82,000 messages exchanged between February and December 2022. The messages were used to arrange cash transfers across borders, including payments involving British cities such as London and Birmingham.
Preiskava evropskih medijev je razkrila, kako je 532-članska skupina na WhatsAppu služila kot globalno stičišče za prenos več sto milijonov evrov gotovine. System, that basic ji na starodavni mreži zaupanja vrednih posrednikov, imenovani hawala, naj bi omogočal financiranje organiziranega kriminala, tihotapljenja ljudi, trgovine z drogami in celo skrajističnih skupin, brez običajnih bančnih he said.
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A group on the WhatsApp application, called "Merchants of Greater Europe", was used to transfer hundreds of millions of euros in cash around the world, funding organized crime and extremism without any written trace, writes the BBC.
An investigation by European authorities has revealed that WhatsApp chat groups were used to transfer hundreds of millions of euros in cash worldwide to finance terrorist organizations like ISIS and support organized crime without leaving a trace. The investigation cited a chat group with 532 members called "Greater Europe Traders" as an example of how these groups arranged cross-border cash transfers, including to British cities... Read more
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