MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Hawala banking – E-001447/2025

Question for written answer  E-001447/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Moritz Körner (Renew)

The potential misuse of hawala, the informal value transfer system, for money laundering or terrorism financing purposes, is known and was already assessed by the Commission in its biennial Supranational Risk Assessment Report in 2019. According to the Commission, the problem is less of a legislative nature but more of proper enforcement.

• 1.Since 2019, what steps has the Commission taken to improve enforcement, and can the Commission say how much it has reduced the usage of this illegal payment service?
• 2.If the Commission cannot say whether the use of the informal value transfer system, hawala, has been reduced, does it plan to present a legislative proposal to limit its use in the EU? If not, why not?

Submitted: 9.4.2025