ISLAMABAD: Alarming reports have been presented before the caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakkar where 1087 big currency smugglers and hawala hundi centres were identified across the country.
The report has information which states that Rs 49 billion have been smuggled through hundi/ hawala in the last three years
According to the details, the Federal Investigation Agency along with other law enforcement agencies have pointed out at seven major hundi dealers that are based in UAE, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran and Oman.
The reports gathered from multiple agencies have been submitted to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.
It is pertinent to note that while taking action against these hundi dealers nearly half a thousand raids were conducted with dozens of teams operating in different parts of Pakistan.
The report also revealed that 60 million dollars, 1.5 million euros and 1 million dirhams worth of currency were seized from the hundi dealers during a seven-month operation.
A total of 31 billion rupees of currency has been seized by law enforcement agencies.
According to the sources, .9 million US dollars were caught at Islamabad and Karachi airports during the week.
According to sources, foreign currency worth two billion was seized from Rawalpindi last week.
There have been 360 cases registered against money laundering and dollars smuggling besides 41 inquiries have been initiated in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi.
Sources say that cases have been registered against 39 currency smugglers while a little over 300 suspected currency smugglers are in FIA custody.
The report also identified 405 currency smugglers from Punjab, 145 from Balochistan, 232 from Sindh, 254 from KPK and 51 from Kashmir and Islamabad.
The authorities in Pakistan are also approaching Interpol for arresting 21 individuals who have been involved in money laundering and smuggling.
