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SPAGHETTI JUNGLE

Arabic translation: شبكة تمويه


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English term or phrase:SPAGHETTI JUNGLE
Arabic translation:شبكة تمويه
Entered by: Mueen Issa
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12:04 Jan 13, 2006
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Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs / money laundry
English term or phrase: SPAGHETTI JUNGLE
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Sorry there is no context but that it's about money laundry.
Mueen Issa
Local time: 11:09
Functionally, term refers to a "cover structure" or "concealment organization"
Explanation:
Greetings... taHaiya Tayyiba wa b3d...

The term "spaghetti jungle" is (as cited above) one person's colloquialism for what is a clandestine and deliberately-convoluted structure, organization and/or procedures intended to achieve deceptive "concealment" or "cover" of an activity not intended to be made public, in this instance, money laundering, often via the informal system of currency transfers called "hawala."

Thus, equivalent terms may include:

shabakat tamwiih = شبكة تمويه

tashkiil ikhtifaa' = تشكيل إختفاء

shabkaat taghTia = شبكة تغطية

Hope this helps.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
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Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 01:09
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Thank you, Stephen.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Functionally, term refers to a "cover structure" or "concealment organization"Stephen Franke
3TransliterateMohamed Elsayed
1مجموعة متشابكة
Shazly


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
spaghetti jungle
Transliterate


Explanation:
Keep as it is!

"Spaghetti Jungle" is the name of a structure for money laundries, where drug profits are used to purchase real estate.

Mohamed Elsayed
Local time: 10:09
Native speaker of: Arabic
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مجموعة متشابكة


Explanation:
تطلق الأمور أو الأشياء المتشابكة لتشابهها مع مكرونة الاسباجتى

spaghetti jungle of cables

Donovan Blakeman, a Toronto lawyer who handled the finances for an international drug ring in the 1980s, called his structure "the Spaghetti Jungle".


Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 10:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Functionally, term refers to a "cover structure" or "concealment organization"


Explanation:
Greetings... taHaiya Tayyiba wa b3d...

The term "spaghetti jungle" is (as cited above) one person's colloquialism for what is a clandestine and deliberately-convoluted structure, organization and/or procedures intended to achieve deceptive "concealment" or "cover" of an activity not intended to be made public, in this instance, money laundering, often via the informal system of currency transfers called "hawala."

Thus, equivalent terms may include:

shabakat tamwiih = شبكة تمويه

tashkiil ikhtifaa' = تشكيل إختفاء

shabkaat taghTia = شبكة تغطية

Hope this helps.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke



    Recent translation of materials about money laundering and illicit transfers
Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you, Stephen.

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agree  ahmadwadan.com: Great Stephen! http://www.orlingrabbe.com/part33.htm
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agree  Alexander Yeltsov
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agree  Zeinab Asfour
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