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US report warned of how hawalas, mobile cash transfers are exploited by terrorists

A report by the United States’ Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs published in March 2015 had indicated that Somalia’s remittance banks, or hawalas, were financing terror activities.

The report by the US Department of State warns that despite Kenya being a member of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group, it still has deficiencies in controlling the flow of funds, and that Kenya is also not capable of adequately criminalising terrorist financing.

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