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An investigation revealed a 532-member WhatsApp group, "Traders of Greater Europe", facilitated hundreds of millions in cash transfers globally. These payments, made through the informal hawala system, included funds sent from Brussels to Islamic State militants in Syria. Belgian police uncovered the chat on the phone of Abu Adam, a convicted money launderer running the network.
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