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NEW DELHI:Rehan Ali, a resident of Sadar Karachi in Pakistan, was caught in Dhaka immediately after Emirates flight EK 586 landed at Shahjalal International Airport in February this year. Ali was carrying Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value of Rs 1 crore. The discovery was made by deep-cover Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) agents in Bangladesh, who were tasked to gather evidence that could dismantle Pakistan’s nefarious design to destabilise the Indian financial system.
On January 12, 2015, a month before his arrest, Ali (son of Muhammed Hussain) had made a successful delivery trip to Dhaka using his passport FK 1806291 that was issued in Karachi. After meeting the ringleaders in Bangladesh, he returned to Karachi on January 21. But his luck ran out when he tried to smuggle FICN in Rs 500 denomination packed in 208 bundles in February. Since his arrest, intelligence agencies had picked up sufficient evidence to neutralise his links in Bangladesh.
On April 9, 2014, Sajjad Hussain was arrested from Dhaka airport with a bag full of FICN with a face value of Rs 2.5 crore. Hussain had boarded Qatar Airways flight QR 634 from Karachi. His undetected entry and boarding at Karachi airport raised Indian intelligence agencies’ suspicion over the involvement of Pakistani government officials.
THE COMPANY: On a morning late last July, two cars drove out of Royal Thai Police headquarters at Rama Road Pathum Wan heading to Sukhumvit Road. The passengers included uniformed policemen and Thai agents who had received a tip-off from R&AW. Minutes later, three Pakistani nationals were arrested outside the Pakistani embassy at Soi Nana Nua in Bangkok. They were Sajjad Noor (passport number AJ 9995572), Noor Shahid (passport number AF 9992281) and Ali Mohammed Hafiz, who had a Candian passport (number BA 562969). All three were known operatives and were working for the “Company”, a multi-national network involved in smuggling counterfeit Indian currency.
A high profit generating crime for individual mafia and criminal groups, infusing counterfeit currency into the Indian financial system is a long-term strategy of Pakistan. The involvement of a wide range of players from the underworld to Pakistani state actors indicates the existence of a major sophisticated enterprise. A recent Top Secret note accessed by The Sunday Standard reveals this enterprise is run exclusively from Pakistan through intricate networks and modules. The note reveals that FICN produced in Pakistan is infused into a multi-national network by the entity codenamed ‘Company’ or ‘Office’. ‘Company’ handlers operate through Thailand, China, Bangladesh, UAE, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The intelligence notes says that all the flights start from Pakistan.
“It has also created self-financing criminal networks in the Middle East, Southeast and South Asian regions and China. Pakistan’s primary objective in infusing FICN is to finance terror, use the network for espionage purposes and to attempt economic destabilisation,” the note said.
THE ROUTE: As per an estimate, Pakistan is printing and circulating Rs 10, 000 crore counterfeit Indian currency every year through the ‘hub and spoke’ business model. The direct route into India is via Munabao-Khakhrapar and the Attari border through trade consignments for onward transmission into India.
“Indirect route via staging post countries, Nepal and Bangladesh via UAE (Dubai and Sharjah), Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka also continues with major focus being Kathmandu and Dhaka. Recent seizures indicate that FICN is also being pushed into India via China through commercial courier services,” the note further added.
In 2011-13, of the 78 foreign seizures, there was direct involvement of Pakistani nationals in 35 cases with 44 Pakistan nationals being arrested. In 2008-10, at least 15 out of 26 cases had the involvement of Pakistani nationals. In 2011-13, of the 28 seizures at foreign airports, 12 were on flights that originated directly from Pakistan, while all others were from flights transiting a staging post country but originating in Pakistan. The intelligence note, which completely exposes Pakistan role in unleashing economic terror on India, also pointed the new modus operandi of Company’ to infuse FICN in India. On the top of the list are luxury Mercedez tourist buses travelling from Turkey to Bangladesh via Iran and Pakistan. The ‘Company’ is also using garment containers shipped from Karachi to Chittagong.
“(The Pakistan based network) is also using containers shipped to Shenzen, China, and smaller consignments further shipped to Nepal via courier service,” the note said. It reveals the shift in Pakistan’s strategy in the last couple of years as many field operatives are said to be Turkish, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai nationals to camouflage the operation. Credible intelligence picked up by Indian agencies says that Sri Lankan and Cambodian nationals were found to be exchanging FICN at a Money Exchange in Phnom Penh.
“Usage of direct routes across the India-Pak border has declined, while use of indirect routes through ‘staging- post’ countries such as UAE, Sri lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and has risen,” the note says.
PEOPLE BEHIND ‘COMPANY’: On February 12, 2014, Muhammad Ali, a Pakistani national was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo. He took Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL184 and was carrying the consignment for Rizean, a Pakistani origin drug dealer in Sri Lanka. After sustained interrogation, he revealed the name of Pakistani operator Aslam Shera. Intelligence inputs indicate the involvement of Brigadier Lala, an ex-ISI officer who coordinates procurement and supply to ‘Company’ from ISI headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The code word for counterfeit Indian currency in ISI network is ‘RBI’. Intelligence inputs reveal that in its headquarters, ISI uses hi-tech machines and a storage system for FICN.
Then there is a network in Bangladesh that was raised by Amanullah Paracha. Indian agencies in April 2014 had inflicted a huge blow to Paracha’s network after Mohammad Idris, a courier, was arrested when he landed in Dhaka from Dubai on FlyDubai airlines flight FZ334.
“There are a number of intelligence inputs available to indicate the involvement of Pak officials based in Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand of having assisted, managed and supplied FICN, at times using the diplomatic bag, to wholesale operators in those ‘staging post’ countries. Pakistani diplomats who were associated with the FICN trade were also known to be involved in counter-intelligence operations against Indian diplomats in those countries,” said the Top Secret intelligence note said.
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On January 12, 2015, a month before his arrest, Ali (son of Muhammed Hussain) had made a successful delivery trip to Dhaka using his passport FK 1806291 that was issued in Karachi. After meeting the ringleaders in Bangladesh, he returned to Karachi on January 21. But his luck ran out when he tried to smuggle FICN in Rs 500 denomination packed in 208 bundles in February. Since his arrest, intelligence agencies had picked up sufficient evidence to neutralise his links in Bangladesh.
On April 9, 2014, Sajjad Hussain was arrested from Dhaka airport with a bag full of FICN with a face value of Rs 2.5 crore. Hussain had boarded Qatar Airways flight QR 634 from Karachi. His undetected entry and boarding at Karachi airport raised Indian intelligence agencies’ suspicion over the involvement of Pakistani government officials.
THE COMPANY: On a morning late last July, two cars drove out of Royal Thai Police headquarters at Rama Road Pathum Wan heading to Sukhumvit Road. The passengers included uniformed policemen and Thai agents who had received a tip-off from R&AW. Minutes later, three Pakistani nationals were arrested outside the Pakistani embassy at Soi Nana Nua in Bangkok. They were Sajjad Noor (passport number AJ 9995572), Noor Shahid (passport number AF 9992281) and Ali Mohammed Hafiz, who had a Candian passport (number BA 562969). All three were known operatives and were working for the “Company”, a multi-national network involved in smuggling counterfeit Indian currency.
A high profit generating crime for individual mafia and criminal groups, infusing counterfeit currency into the Indian financial system is a long-term strategy of Pakistan. The involvement of a wide range of players from the underworld to Pakistani state actors indicates the existence of a major sophisticated enterprise. A recent Top Secret note accessed by The Sunday Standard reveals this enterprise is run exclusively from Pakistan through intricate networks and modules. The note reveals that FICN produced in Pakistan is infused into a multi-national network by the entity codenamed ‘Company’ or ‘Office’. ‘Company’ handlers operate through Thailand, China, Bangladesh, UAE, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The intelligence notes says that all the flights start from Pakistan.
“It has also created self-financing criminal networks in the Middle East, Southeast and South Asian regions and China. Pakistan’s primary objective in infusing FICN is to finance terror, use the network for espionage purposes and to attempt economic destabilisation,” the note said.
THE ROUTE: As per an estimate, Pakistan is printing and circulating Rs 10, 000 crore counterfeit Indian currency every year through the ‘hub and spoke’ business model. The direct route into India is via Munabao-Khakhrapar and the Attari border through trade consignments for onward transmission into India.
“Indirect route via staging post countries, Nepal and Bangladesh via UAE (Dubai and Sharjah), Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka also continues with major focus being Kathmandu and Dhaka. Recent seizures indicate that FICN is also being pushed into India via China through commercial courier services,” the note further added.
In 2011-13, of the 78 foreign seizures, there was direct involvement of Pakistani nationals in 35 cases with 44 Pakistan nationals being arrested. In 2008-10, at least 15 out of 26 cases had the involvement of Pakistani nationals. In 2011-13, of the 28 seizures at foreign airports, 12 were on flights that originated directly from Pakistan, while all others were from flights transiting a staging post country but originating in Pakistan. The intelligence note, which completely exposes Pakistan role in unleashing economic terror on India, also pointed the new modus operandi of Company’ to infuse FICN in India. On the top of the list are luxury Mercedez tourist buses travelling from Turkey to Bangladesh via Iran and Pakistan. The ‘Company’ is also using garment containers shipped from Karachi to Chittagong.
“(The Pakistan based network) is also using containers shipped to Shenzen, China, and smaller consignments further shipped to Nepal via courier service,” the note said. It reveals the shift in Pakistan’s strategy in the last couple of years as many field operatives are said to be Turkish, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai nationals to camouflage the operation. Credible intelligence picked up by Indian agencies says that Sri Lankan and Cambodian nationals were found to be exchanging FICN at a Money Exchange in Phnom Penh.
“Usage of direct routes across the India-Pak border has declined, while use of indirect routes through ‘staging- post’ countries such as UAE, Sri lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and has risen,” the note says.
PEOPLE BEHIND ‘COMPANY’: On February 12, 2014, Muhammad Ali, a Pakistani national was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo. He took Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL184 and was carrying the consignment for Rizean, a Pakistani origin drug dealer in Sri Lanka. After sustained interrogation, he revealed the name of Pakistani operator Aslam Shera. Intelligence inputs indicate the involvement of Brigadier Lala, an ex-ISI officer who coordinates procurement and supply to ‘Company’ from ISI headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The code word for counterfeit Indian currency in ISI network is ‘RBI’. Intelligence inputs reveal that in its headquarters, ISI uses hi-tech machines and a storage system for FICN.
Then there is a network in Bangladesh that was raised by Amanullah Paracha. Indian agencies in April 2014 had inflicted a huge blow to Paracha’s network after Mohammad Idris, a courier, was arrested when he landed in Dhaka from Dubai on FlyDubai airlines flight FZ334.
“There are a number of intelligence inputs available to indicate the involvement of Pak officials based in Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand of having assisted, managed and supplied FICN, at times using the diplomatic bag, to wholesale operators in those ‘staging post’ countries. Pakistani diplomats who were associated with the FICN trade were also known to be involved in counter-intelligence operations against Indian diplomats in those countries,” said the Top Secret intelligence note said.
Pakistan Company Declares Eco-War on India -The New Indian Express
