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Генериране на финансова сигурност чрез реформиране на механизмите за прехвърляне на парични средства в ЕС в контекста на миграционните потоци
Maintaining financial security by reforming the mechanisms for transfer of funds in the EU in the context of migration flows

Author(s): Gergana Yordanova
Subject(s): Security and defense, Migration Studies
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Hawala; money laundering; terrorism financing;
Summary/Abstract: Intensification of migration flows to Europe generates new challenges for the financial security of host countries, which include the latest trends in the flow of transactions concerning transfer of funds. In some observed cases, it is about a liquidity support to refugees and economic migrants. However, alongside these legitimate operations many remittances of illegal origin run, which impair the integrity, stability and reputation of the financial sector, and threaten the internal security. This requires reforms in regulatory and technical mechanisms of the transfer of funds within the Community in order to prevent endangering the domestic and international development.