Terrorists make extensive use of hawala.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Much of the funding came through a black-market banking system called hawala, which is common throughout the Middle East and South Asia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hidden Finances of Insurgency | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

“Operation Green Quest is focusing on the informal, largely paperless form of money exchange known as hawala, which is Arabic for ‘to change.’”.    From Wordnik.com.  [06/28/2006] Reference

Officials have speculated that he used informal Middle East money-transfer networks known as hawala, which are difficult to trace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistan arrests man with militant ties who says he aided Times Square bomb suspect] Reference

Financial dealings in Afghanistan are dominated by informal networks known as hawala, which may account for 80 percent of transactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [WIBW - HomePage - Headlines] Reference

The informal money transfer system called hawala is said to facilitate much of the country's corruption, and Karzai's half-brother Ahmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

But it's proved very difficult for the authorities to prove teh crime, also because the money was transferred via so-called hawala-banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Islam in Europe] Reference

The informal money transfer system known as hawala or hundi is also still flourishing in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Mohammad Younis, 44, was indicted on charges of operating an unlicensed money transfer business known as a hawala, an informal network popular in South Asia and the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [N.Y. man helped get funds to attempted Times Square bomber, officials say] Reference

Compounding that issue has been the difficulty and reluctance to monitor charities, as well as the abundant informal money transfer networks called hawala, or worker remittances.    From Wordnik.com.  [WikiLeaks: Cables Highlight Terror Fund Woes] Reference

In January, Afghan authorities raided the offices of New Ansari, a firm that has served as Afghanistan's primary link to the "hawala" money exchange system.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. officials say Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite] Reference

There were no banks here before 2001; the economy was cash based and depended on traditional " hawala " money transfer firms, which work on an honor system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Rejects U.S. Aid for Bank Audits] Reference

'Typically, money is moved through the' hawala 'system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Issues News Headlines] Reference

But officials say around 40 percent more is estimated to come through unofficial 'hawala' channels.    From Wordnik.com.  [LBO-Lanka Business Online] Reference

Soon after, he had begun to carry out 'hawala' (illegal money transaction) business, extortion and murders.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

Federal authorities believe that the money was channelled through an underground money transfer network known as "hawala".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

New methods will include a focus on the Islamic exchange system called "hawala," involving vast, informal money-transfer networks.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference

Some analysts say people use 'hawala', an old net settlement system, because it is less costly and easier than formal banking systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [LBO-Lanka Business Online] Reference

Observers say Mogadishu weapon dealers receive deposits for orders via a "hawala" company - an informal money transfer system based on honour.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

KABUL, Afghanistan-When U. S.-trained agents from an anticorruption task force raided the headquarters of the nation's largest "hawala" money-transfer.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

Raza used to transfer money through Western Union Money Transfer and 'hawala' for conducting weapon and explosives training in Pakistan and for other IM requirements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zee News : India National] Reference

"Typically, money is moved through the 'hawala' system.    From Wordnik.com.  [IPS Inter Press Service] Reference

AL QASIMI: This is because of a structure of hawala, the personal transfers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2006] Reference

AL-QASIMI: This is because of the structure of hawala (ph), the personal transfers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2006] Reference

Frye also indicates a variety of credit standings entered into hawala transactions. back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference

Even today, some Afghans say they prefer the hawala system because of its personal touch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crisis casts new doubt on U.S. effort] Reference

Someone contacts a hawala and asks to have a thousand dollars sent to, for example, Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasury Seeks To Cast A Wider Net For Terrorists] Reference

Afghan United Bank is owned by the founders of New Ansari, the hawala that is being investigated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghan Bank's Managers Are Ousted] Reference

Five minutes later, the designated recipient can walk into a hawala in Dubai and pick up the money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Money Probe Hits Close to the President] Reference

Mr. Jan says neither the hawala nor Afghan United Bank has any current relationship with the Taliban.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Money Probe Hits Close to the President] Reference

U.S. investigators disagree, saying they have evidence the hawala has been moving money for the Taliban.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Money Probe Hits Close to the President] Reference

The new rules would also allow the government to cast a wider net over an informal remittance system called hawala.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasury Seeks To Cast A Wider Net For Terrorists] Reference

A customer in Kabul, for example, might hand cash to a local hawala with instructions to send it to someone in Dubai.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Money Probe Hits Close to the President] Reference

We are now going after the hawala organizations, the shadowy financial networks that underpin the terrorists 'underworld.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2001] Reference

A 2006 World Bank report about Afghanistan said the hawala system "carries out the majority of the country's cash payments and transfers.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Taliban's Foreign Support Vexes U.S.] Reference