Word: hawala
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Accounts at Suntrust and Dime Bancorp surely form just the exposed layer of the terrorists' deeply buried finances. They may have employed a system of brokers called hawala, which means "in trust" in Hindi. It's essentially an IOU system based on mutual trust and little record keeping...
...involved in logistical support for the terrorists didn't know the full scope of the plot or were unwitting facilitators. Among the latter, investigators say, is Egyptian-born travel agent Ahmed Badawi of Orlando, Fla., who may have provided the Florida-based hijackers with airline tickets, flight information and hawala services. He was taken into custody Sept. 15 as a material witness but has been released...