Human Hair Smuggling

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday claimed to have busted a hawala and money laundering racket linked to the smuggling of human hair from India to China via Myanmar, after it conducted multiple raids and froze as many as 139 bank accounts.

Exporters would require permission or licence from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade for sending shipments of hair outside India

The ED has found that racketeers have been exporting human hair to China and other countries via India's northeastern border after considerably undervalueing the commodity. Money was found to be paid via hawala channels, Paytm, and other means.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday claimed to have busted a hawala and money laundering racket linked to the smuggling of human hair from India to China via Myanmar, after it conducted multiple raids and froze as many as 139 bank accounts.

Exporters would require permission or licence from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade for sending shipments of hair outside India

The ED has found that racketeers have been exporting human hair to China and other countries via India's northeastern border after considerably undervalueing the commodity. Money was found to be paid via hawala channels, Paytm, and other means.