the WhatsApp group functioned as a command center for hawala operations and the laundering of unaccounted money. Mahmood Abdul Samad Bhagad (30), also known as "Challenger King," who is allegedly ...

Hawala is an informal, trust-based money transfer system that operates without banks or formal records. Hawala, the centuries-old money transfer system, is as fascinating as it is controversial ...

KOCHI: The recent arrests of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Ernakulam district have drawn authorities’ attention to various hawala channels in operation for sending money from India to Bangladesh.

Mahmood Abdul Samad Bhagad alias Challenger King, and associate Jimmy were directing account transactions, cash withdrawals, and transfers to various individuals, angadia and hawala operators.