Money moves again in Mosul, but not via banks

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Since militants were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: He regularly smuggles envelopes stuffed with cash. This is how salaries are paid and bills settled in the northern metropolis, despite the banks reopening since Iraqi forces seized it back last year from Daesh (ISIS) group after three years of militant rule.

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