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About 'bad debts written off'|Writing of Bad Debts: Commercial judgment given primacy







About 'bad debts written off'|Writing of Bad Debts: Commercial judgment given primacy








I.

OVERVIEW               In               the               wake               of               the               September               11               terrorist               attacks               on               the               USA,               attention               was               drawn               to               the               age-old,               secretive,               and               globe-spanning               banking               system               developed               in               Asia               and               known               as               "Hawala"               (to               change,               in               Arabic).

It               is               based               on               a               short               term,               discountable,               negotiable,               promissory               note               (or               bill               of               exchange)               called               "Hundi".

While               not               limited               to               Moslems,               it               has               come               to               be               identified               with               "Islamic               Banking".
               Islamic               Law               (Sharia'a)               regulates               commerce               and               finance               in               the               Fiqh               Al               Mua'malat,               (transactions               amongst               people).

Modern               Islamic               banks               are               overseen               by               the               Shari'a               Supervisory               Board               of               Islamic               Banks               and               Institutions               ("The               Shari'a               Committee").
               The               Shi'a               "Islamic               Laws               according               to               the               Fatawa               of               Ayatullah               al               Uzama               Syed               Ali               al-Husaini               Seestani"               has               this               to               say               about               Hawala               banking:
               "2298.

If               a               debtor               directs               his               creditor               to               collect               his               debt               from               the               third               person,               and               the               creditor               accepts               the               arrangement,               the               third               person               will,               on               completion               of               all               the               conditions               to               be               explained               later,               become               the               debtor.

Thereafter,               the               creditor               cannot               demand               his               debt               from               the               first               debtor."
               The               prophet               Muhammad               (a               cross               border               trader               of               goods               and               commodities               by               profession)               encouraged               the               free               movement               of               goods               and               the               development               of               markets.

Numerous               Moslem               scholars               railed               against               hoarding               and               harmful               speculation               (market               cornering               and               manipulation               known               as               "Gharar").

Moslems               were               the               first               to               use               promissory               notes               and               assignment,               or               transfer               of               debts               via               bills               of               exchange               ("Hawala").

Among               modern               banking               instruments,               only               floating               and,               therefore,               uncertain,               interest               payments               ("Riba"               and               "Jahala"),               futures               contracts,               and               forfeiting               are               frowned               upon.

But               agile               Moslem               traders               easily               and               often               circumvent               these               religious               restrictions               by               creating               "synthetic               Murabaha               (contracts)"               identical               to               Western               forward               and               futures               contracts.

Actually,               the               only               allowed               transfer               or               trading               of               debts               (as               distinct               from               the               underlying               commodities               or               goods)               is               under               the               Hawala.
               "Hawala"               consists               of               transferring               money               (usually               across               borders               and               in               order               to               avoid               taxes               or               the               need               to               bribe               officials)               without               physical               or               electronic               transfer               of               funds.

Money               changers               ("Hawaladar")               receive               cash               in               one               country,               no               questions               asked.

Correspondent               hawaladars               in               another               country               dispense               an               identical               amount               (minus               minimal               fees               and               commissions)               to               a               recipient               or,               less               often,               to               a               bank               account.

E-mail,               or               letter               ("Hundi")               carrying               couriers               are               used               to               convey               the               necessary               information               (the               amount               of               money,               the               date               it               has               to               be               paid               on)               between               Hawaladars.

The               sender               provides               the               recipient               with               code               words               (or               numbers,               for               instance               the               serial               numbers               of               currency               notes),               a               digital               encrypted               message,               or               agreed               signals               (like               handshakes),               to               be               used               to               retrieve               the               money.

Big               Hawaladars               use               a               chain               of               middlemen               in               cities               around               the               globe.
               But               most               Hawaladars               are               small               businesses.

Their               Hawala               activity               is               a               sideline               or               moonlighting               operation.

"Chits"               (verbal               agreements)               substitute               for               certain               written               records.

In               bigger               operations               there               are               human               "memorizers"               who               serve               as               arbiters               in               case               of               dispute.

The               Hawala               system               requires               unbounded               trust.

Hawaladars               are               often               members               of               the               same               family,               village,               clan,               or               ethnic               group.

It               is               a               system               older               than               the               West.

The               ancient               Chinese               had               their               own               "Hawala"               -               "fei               qian"               (or               "flying               money").

Arab               traders               used               it               to               avoid               being               robbed               on               the               Silk               Road.

Cheating               is               punished               by               effective               ex-communication               and               "loss               of               honour"               -               the               equivalent               of               an               economic               death               sentence.

Physical               violence               is               rarer               but               not               unheard               of.

Violence               sometimes               also               erupts               between               money               recipients               and               robbers               who               are               after               the               huge               quantities               of               physical               cash               sloshing               about               the               system.

But               these,               too,               are               rare               events,               as               rare               as               bank               robberies.

One               result               of               this               effective               social               regulation               is               that               commodity               traders               in               Asia               shift               hundreds               of               millions               of               US               dollars               per               trade               based               solely               on               trust               and               the               verbal               commitment               of               their               counterparts.
               Hawala               arrangements               are               used               to               avoid               customs               duties,               consumption               taxes,               and               other               trade-related               levies.

Suppliers               provide               importers               with               lower               prices               on               their               invoices,               and               get               paid               the               difference               via               Hawala.

Legitimate               transactions               and               tax               evasion               constitute               the               bulk               of               Hawala               operations.

Modern               Hawala               networks               emerged               in               the               1960's               and               1970's               to               circumvent               official               bans               on               gold               imports               in               Southeast               Asia               and               to               facilitate               the               transfer               of               hard               earned               wages               of               expatriates               to               their               families               ("home               remittances")               and               their               conversion               at               rates               more               favourable               (often               double)               than               the               government's.

Hawala               provides               a               cheap               (it               costs               c.

1%               of               the               amount               transferred),               efficient,               and               frictionless               alternative               to               morbid               and               corrupt               domestic               financial               institutions.

It               is               Western               Union               without               the               hi-tech               gear               and               the               exorbitant               transfer               fees.
               Unfortunately,               these               networks               have               been               hijacked               and               compromised               by               drug               traffickers               (mainly               in               Afganistan               and               Pakistan),               corrupt               officials,               secret               services,               money               launderers,               organized               crime,               and               terrorists.

Pakistani               Hawala               networks               alone               move               up               to               5               billion               US               dollars               annually               according               to               estimates               by               Pakistan's               Minister               of               Finance,               Shaukut               Aziz.

In               1999,               Institutional               Investor               Magazine               identified               1100               money               brokers               in               Pakistan               and               transactions               that               ran               as               high               as               10               million               US               dollars               apiece.

As               opposed               to               stereotypes,               most               Hawala               networks               are               not               controlled               by               Arabs,               but               by               Indian               and               Pakistani               expatriates               and               immigrants               in               the               Gulf.

The               Hawala               network               in               India               has               been               brutally               and               ruthlessly               demolished               by               Indira               Ghandi               (during               the               emergency               regime               imposed               in               1975),               but               Indian               nationals               still               play               a               big               part               in               international               Hawala               networks.

Similar               networks               in               Sri               Lanka,               the               Philippines,               and               Bangladesh               have               also               been               eradicated.
               The               OECD's               Financial               Action               Task               Force               (FATF)               says               that:
               "Hawala               remains               a               significant               method               for               large               numbers               of               businesses               of               all               sizes               and               individuals               to               repatriate               funds               and               purchase               gold....

It               is               favoured               because               it               usually               costs               less               than               moving               funds               through               the               banking               system,               it               operates               24               hours               per               day               and               every               day               of               the               year,               it               is               virtually               completely               reliable,               and               there               is               minimal               paperwork               required."
               (Organisation               for               Economic               Co-Operation               and               Development               (OECD),               "Report               on               Money               Laundering               Typologies               1999-2000,"               Financial               Action               Task               Force,               FATF-XI,               February               3,               2000,               at               http://www.oecd.org/fatf/pdf/TY2000_en.pdf               )
               Hawala               networks               closely               feed               into               Islamic               banks               throughout               the               world               and               to               commodity               trading               in               South               Asia.

There               are               more               than               200               Islamic               banks               in               the               USA               alone               and               many               thousands               in               Europe,               North               and               South               Africa,               Saudi               Arabia,               the               Gulf               states               (especially               in               the               free               zone               of               Dubai               and               in               Bahrain),               Pakistan,               Malaysia,               Indonesia,               and               other               South               East               Asian               countries.

By               the               end               of               1998,               the               overt               (read:               tip               of               the               iceberg)               liabilities               of               these               financial               institutions               amounted               to               148               billion               US               dollars.

They               dabbled               in               equipment               leasing,               real               estate               leasing               and               development,               corporate               equity,               and               trade/structured               trade               and               commodities               financing               (usually               in               consortia               called               "Mudaraba").
               While               previously               confined               to               the               Arab               peninsula               and               to               south               and               east               Asia,               this               mode               of               traditional               banking               became               truly               international               in               the               1970's,               following               the               unprecedented               flow               of               wealth               to               many               Moslem               nations               due               to               the               oil               shocks               and               the               emergence               of               the               Asian               tigers.

Islamic               banks               joined               forces               with               corporations,               multinationals,               and               banks               in               the               West               to               finance               oil               exploration               and               drilling,               mining,               and               agribusiness.

Many               leading               law               firms               in               the               West               (such               as               Norton               Rose,               Freshfields,               Clyde               and               Co.

and               Clifford               Chance)               have               "Islamic               Finance"               teams               which               are               familiar               with               Islam-compatible               commercial               contracts.
               II.

HAWALA               AND               TERRORISM
               Recent               anti-terrorist               legislation               in               the               US               and               the               UK               allows               government               agencies               to               regularly               supervise               and               inspect               businesses               that               are               suspected               of               being               a               front               for               the               ''Hawala''               banking               system,               makes               it               a               crime               to               smuggle               more               than               $10,000               in               cash               across               USA               borders,               and               empowers               the               Treasury               secretary               (and               its               Financial               Crimes               Enforcement               Network               -               FinCEN)               to               tighten               record-keeping               and               reporting               rules               for               banks               and               financial               institutions               based               in               the               USA.

A               new               inter-agency               Foreign               Terrorist               Asset               Tracking               Center               (FTAT)               was               set               up.

A               1993               moribund               proposed               law               requiring               US-based               Halawadar               to               register               and               to               report               suspicious               transactions               may               be               revived.

These               relatively               radical               measures               reflect               the               belief               that               the               al-Qaida               network               of               Osama               bin               Laden               uses               the               Hawala               system               to               raise               and               move               funds               across               national               borders.

A               Hawaladar               in               Pakistan               (Dihab               Shill)               was               identified               as               the               financier               in               the               attacks               on               the               American               embassies               in               Kenya               and               Tanzania               in               1998.
               But               the               USA               is               not               the               only               country               to               face               terrorism               financed               by               Hawala               networks.
               In               mid-2001,               the               Delhi               police,               the               Indian               government's               Enforcement               Directorate               (ED),               and               the               Military               Intelligence               (MI)               arrested               six               Jammu               Kashmir               Islamic               Front               (JKIF)               terrorists.

The               arrests               led               to               the               exposure               of               an               enormous               web               of               Hawala               institutions               in               Delhi,               aided               and               abetted,               some               say,               by               the               ISI               (Inter               Services               Intelligence,               Pakistan's               security               services).

The               Hawala               network               was               used               to               funnel               money               to               terrorist               groups               in               the               disputed               Kashmir               Valley.
               Luckily,               the               common               perception               that               Hawala               financing               is               paperless               is               wrong.

The               transfer               of               information               regarding               the               funds               often               leaves               digital               (though               heavily               encrypted)               trails.

Couriers               and               "contract               memorizers",               gold               dealers,               commodity               merchants,               transporters,               and               moneylenders               can               be               apprehended               and               interrogated.

Written,               physical,               letters               are               still               the               favourite               mode               of               communication               among               small               and               medium               Hawaladars,               who               also               invariably               resort               to               extremely               detailed               single               entry               bookkeeping.

And               the               sudden               appearance               and               disappearance               of               funds               in               bank               accounts               still               have               to               be               explained.

Moreover,               the               sheer               scale               of               the               amounts               involved               entails               the               collaboration               of               off               shore               banks               and               more               established               financial               institutions               in               the               West.

Such               flows               of               funds               affect               the               local               money               markets               in               Asia               and               are               instantaneously               reflected               in               interest               rates               charged               to               frequent               borrowers,               such               as               wholesalers.

Spending               and               consumption               patterns               change               discernibly               after               such               influxes.

Most               of               the               money               ends               up               in               prime               world               banks               behind               flimsy               business               facades.

Hackers               in               Germany               claimed               (without               providing               proof)               to               have               infiltrated               Hawala-related               bank               accounts.
               The               problem               is               that               banks               and               financial               institutions               -               and               not               only               in               dodgy               offshore               havens               ("black               holes"               in               the               lingo)               -               clam               up               and               refuse               to               divulge               information               about               their               clients.

Banking               is               largely               a               matter               of               fragile               trust               between               bank               and               customer               and               tight               secrecy.

Bankers               are               reluctant               to               undermine               either.

Banks               use               mainframe               computers               which               can               rarely               be               hacked               through               cyberspace               and               can               be               compromised               only               physically               in               close               co-operation               with               insiders.

The               shadier               the               bank               -               the               more               formidable               its               digital               defenses.

The               use               of               numbered               accounts               (outlawed               in               Austria,               for               instance,               only               recently)               and               pseudonyms               (still               possible               in               Lichtenstein)               complicates               matters.

Bin               Laden's               accounts               are               unlikely               to               bear               his               name.

He               has               collaborators.
               Hawala               networks               are               often               used               to               launder               money,               or               to               evade               taxes.

Even               when               employed               for               legitimate               purposes,               to               diversify               the               risk               involved               in               the               transfer               of               large               sums,               Hawaladars               apply               techniques               borrowed               from               money               laundering.

Deposits               are               fragmented               and               wired               to               hundreds               of               banks               the               world               over               ("starburst").

Sometimes,               the               money               ends               up               in               the               account               of               origin               ("boomerang").
               Hence               the               focus               on               payment               clearing               and               settlement               systems.

Most               countries               have               only               one               such               system,               the               repository               of               data               regarding               all               banking               (and               most               non-banking)               transactions               in               the               country.

Yet,               even               this               is               a               partial               solution.

Most               national               systems               maintain               records               for               6-12               months,               private               settlement               and               clearing               systems               for               even               less.
               Yet,               the               crux               of               the               problem               is               not               the               Hawala               or               the               Hawaladars.

The               corrupt               and               inept               governments               of               Asia               are               to               blame               for               not               regulating               their               banking               systems,               for               over-regulating               everything               else,               for               not               fostering               competition,               for               throwing               public               money               at               bad               debts               and               at               worse               borrowers,               for               over-taxing,               for               robbing               people               of               their               life               savings               through               capital               controls,               for               tearing               at               the               delicate               fabric               of               trust               between               customer               and               bank               (Pakistan,               for               instance,               froze               all               foreign               exchange               accounts               two               years               ago).

Perhaps               if               Asia               had               reasonably               expedient,               reasonably               priced,               reasonably               regulated,               user-friendly               banks               -               Osama               bin               Laden               would               have               found               it               impossible               to               finance               his               mischief               so               invisibly.






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