Somalia wire-transfers halted over terrorism fears.
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Abdulmalik Buul, chairman San Diego Somali Youth League of San DiegoWali Warfa, agent for San Diego's largest hawala.
Abdulmalik Buul joins Amita Sharma to discuss what the shutdown means.
Somali Youth League of San Diego
Franklin says continuing the transfers was too risky; there's a fear that the bank could be prosecuted after some money transfers were linked to a terrorist group in Somalia.
But the impact of this decision on the desperate people in Somalia, and their relatives here in San Diego, could be staggering.