December 19, 2015
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has broadened its scope of country wide operations against those involved in illegal business of Hundi Hawala and foreign currency money laundering and terror financing.
As many as 323 persons have so far been apprehended in 214 cases of Hundi and Hawala, 137 persons in money laundering cases and 30 persons in unlawful business of foreign currency, said a source in the interior ministry.
The FIA declared after investigation that none of the 17 suspected banking transactions related to terrorism financing. However, 137 persons have so far been apprehended on charges of money laundering in other transactions of financing.