11-07-2008, 08:39 PM
<b>South Korea holds Pakistanis accused of handling Taliban cash</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SEOUL (November 07 2008): South Korean police said Thursday <b>they have arrested five Pakistanis over illegal cash transfers worth millions of dollars, including payments from Afghanistan's Taliban for materials for heroin production.</b> The five are accused of operating two "hawala" money transfer networks in South Korea since 2005, police said, adding that 53 other hawala brokers including Koreans have been charged but not detained.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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