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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84" title="غسل الأموال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غسل الأموال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87irkli_pullar%C4%B1n_yuyulmas%C4%B1" title="Çirkli pulların yuyulması – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çirkli pulların yuyulması" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82" title="মানি লন্ডারিং – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মানি লন্ডারিং" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Пране на пари – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пране на пари" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranje_novca" title="Pranje novca – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Pranje novca" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanqueig_de_diners" title="Blanqueig de diners – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Blanqueig de diners" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran%C3%AD_%C5%A1pinav%C3%BDch_pen%C4%9Bz" title="Praní špinavých peněz – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Praní špinavých peněz" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosesu_arian_anghyfreithlon" title="Prosesu arian anghyfreithlon – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Prosesu arian anghyfreithlon" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvidvaskning" title="Hvidvaskning – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hvidvaskning" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geldw%C3%A4sche" title="Geldwäsche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Geldwäsche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahapesu" title="Rahapesu – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rahapesu" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9E%CE%AD%CF%80%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CF%87%CF%81%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ξέπλυμα μαύρου χρήματος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavado_de_dinero" title="Lavado de dinero – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lavado de dinero" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monlavado" title="Monlavado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monlavado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitalak_zuritze" title="Kapitalak zuritze – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kapitalak zuritze" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="پول‌شویی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پول‌شویی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchiment_d%27argent" title="Blanchiment d&#039;argent – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Blanchiment d&#039;argent" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branqueo_de_capital" title="Branqueo de capital – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Branqueo de capital" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%88%EC%84%B8%ED%83%81" title="돈세탁 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="돈세탁" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Փողերի լվացում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Փողերի լվացում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8_(%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97)" title="धन-शोधन (मनी लॉन्डरिंग) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="धन-शोधन (मनी लॉन्डरिंग)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranje_novca" title="Pranje novca – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pranje novca" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencucian_uang" title="Pencucian uang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pencucian uang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninga%C3%BEv%C3%A6tti" title="Peningaþvætti – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Peningaþvætti" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riciclaggio_di_denaro" title="Riciclaggio di denaro – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Riciclaggio di denaro" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9F" title="הלבנת הון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הלבנת הון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ფულის გათეთრება – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფულის გათეთრება" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%9B%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8B" title="Ақшаның жылыстауы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ақшаның жылыстауы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatio_pecuniae" title="Lavatio pecuniae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lavatio pecuniae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naudas_atmazg%C4%81%C5%A1ana" title="Naudas atmazgāšana – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Naudas atmazgāšana" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" 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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Process of concealing the origin of money</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Dirty money" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Dirty_Money_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Dirty Money (disambiguation)">Dirty Money (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Money-laundering.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Money-laundering.svg/220px-Money-laundering.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Money-laundering.svg/330px-Money-laundering.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Money-laundering.svg/440px-Money-laundering.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption>Placing 'dirty' money in a service company, where it is layered with legitimate income and then integrated into the flow of money, is a common form of money laundering.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Money laundering</b> is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as <span class="anchor" id="Dirty_money"></span><span class="anchor" id="Dirty_Money"></span><b>dirty money</b>) such as <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a>, underground <a href="/wiki/Sex_work" title="Sex work">sex work</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a>, and converting the funds into a seemingly legitimate source, usually through a <a href="/wiki/Front_organization" title="Front organization">front organization</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> law, money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions to conceal the identity, source, or destination of illegally gained money. In <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> law, the <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> definition is wider. The act is defined as "the process by which the proceeds of crime are converted into assets which appear to have a legitimate origin, so that they can be retained permanently or recycled into further criminal enterprises".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the past, the term "money laundering" was applied only to financial transactions related to <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>. Today its definition is often expanded by government and international regulators such as the US <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Comptroller_of_the_Currency" title="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency">Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</a> to mean "any financial transaction which generates an asset or a value as the result of an illegal act," which may involve actions such as <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">tax evasion</a> or <a href="/wiki/False_accounting" title="False accounting">false accounting</a>. In the UK, it does not need to involve money, but any <a href="/wiki/Economic_good" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic good">economic good</a>. Courts involve money laundering committed by private individuals, drug dealers, businesses, corrupt officials, members of criminal organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/Mafia" title="Mafia">Mafia</a>, and even states. </p><p>As financial crime has become more complex and <a href="/wiki/Financial_intelligence" title="Financial intelligence">financial intelligence</a> is more important in combating international crime and terrorism, money laundering has become a prominent political, economic, and legal debate. Money laundering is <em><a href="/wiki/Ipso_facto" title="Ipso facto">ipso facto</a></em> illegal; the acts generating the money almost always are themselves criminal in some way (for if not, the money would not need to be laundered). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While existing laws were used to fight money laundering during the period of <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition in the United States</a> during the 1930s, dedicated <a href="/wiki/Anti-Money_Laundering" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Money Laundering">Anti-Money Laundering</a> legislation was only implemented in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">Organized crime</a> received a major boost from Prohibition and a large source of new funds that were obtained from illegal sales of alcohol. The successful prosecution of <a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">tax evasion</a> brought in a new emphasis by the state and law enforcement agencies to track and confiscate money, but existing laws against tax evasion could not be used once gangsters started paying their taxes. </p><p>In the 1980s, the <a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">war on drugs</a> led governments again to turn to money laundering rules in an attempt to track and seize the proceeds of <a href="/wiki/Drug-related_crime" title="Drug-related crime">drug crimes</a> in order to catch the organizers and individuals running drug empires. It also had the benefit, from a law enforcement point of view, of turning rules of evidence "upside down". Law enforcers normally have to prove an individual is guilty to seize their property, but with <a href="/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States" title="Civil forfeiture in the United States">money laundering laws</a>, money can be confiscated and it is up to the individual to prove that the source of funds is legitimate to get the money back.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This makes it much easier for law enforcement agencies and provides for much lower <a href="/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)" title="Burden of proof (law)">burdens of proof</a>. However, this process has been abused by some law enforcement agencies to take and keep money without strong evidence of related criminal activity, to be used to supplement their own budgets.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/11_September_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="11 September attacks">11 September attacks</a> in 2001, which led to the <a href="/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act">Patriot Act</a> in the U.S. and similar legislation worldwide, led to a new emphasis on money laundering laws to combat <a href="/wiki/Terrorism_financing" title="Terrorism financing">terrorism financing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Group_of_Seven_(G7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of Seven (G7)">Group of Seven (G7)</a> nations used the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Action_Task_Force_on_Money_Laundering" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering">Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering</a> to put pressure on governments around the world to increase surveillance and monitoring of financial transactions and share this information between countries. Starting in 2002, governments around the world upgraded money laundering laws and surveillance and monitoring systems of financial transactions. Anti-money laundering regulations have become a much larger burden for <a href="/wiki/Financial_institution" title="Financial institution">financial institutions</a> and enforcement has stepped up significantly. </p><p>During 2011–2015 a number of major banks faced ever-increasing fines for breaches of money laundering regulations. This included <a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a>, which was fined $1.9 billion in December 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/BNP_Paribas" title="BNP Paribas">BNP Paribas</a>, which was fined $8.9 billion in July 2014 by the U.S. government.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_bnp_admits_guilt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_bnp_admits_guilt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many countries introduced or strengthened border controls on the amount of cash that can be carried and introduced central transaction reporting systems where all financial institutions have to report all financial transactions electronically. For example, in 2006, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> set up the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Transaction_Reports_and_Analysis_Centre" title="Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre">AUSTRAC</a> system and required the reporting of all financial transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the surge in digital asset late 2010s, there's been a noticeable rise in money laundering and fraud tied to cryptocurrency. In 2021 alone, cybercriminals managed to secure US$14 billion in cryptocurrency through various illicit activities.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime)" title="Triad (organized crime)">Chinese organized criminal groups</a> have become the principal money launderers for <a href="/wiki/Drug_cartel" title="Drug cartel">drug cartels</a> in Mexico, Italy, and elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Definition">Definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Money laundering is the conversion or transfer of property; the concealment or disguising of the nature of the proceeds; the acquisition, possession or use of property, knowing that these are derived from criminal acts; the participating in or assisting the movement of funds to make the proceeds appear legitimate. </p><p>Money obtained from certain crimes, such as <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insider_trading" title="Insider trading">insider trading</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking" title="Human trafficking">human trafficking</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Illegal_gambling" class="mw-redirect" title="Illegal gambling">illegal gambling</a> is "dirty" and needs to be "cleaned" to appear to have been derived from legal activities, so that banks and other financial institutions will deal with it without suspicion. Money can be laundered by many methods that vary in complexity and sophistication. </p><p>Money laundering typically involves three steps: The first involves introducing cash into the financial system by some means ("placement"); the second involves carrying out complex financial transactions to camouflage the illegal source of the cash ("layering"); and finally, acquiring wealth generated from the transactions of the illicit funds ("integration"). Some of these steps may be omitted, depending on the circumstances. For example, non-cash proceeds that are already in the financial system would not need to be placed.<sup id="cite_ref-chasing_dirty_money_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chasing_dirty_money-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Treasury_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Treasury Department">United States Treasury Department</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (i.e., "dirty money") appear legal (i.e., "clean"). Typically, it involves three steps: placement, layering, and integration. First, the illegitimate funds are furtively introduced into the legitimate financial system. Then, the money is moved around to create confusion, sometimes by wiring or transferring through numerous accounts. Finally, it is integrated into the financial system through additional transactions until the "dirty money" appears "clean".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Methods">Methods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="List_of_methods">List of methods</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: List of methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Money laundering can take several forms, although most methodologies can be categorized into one of a few types. These include "bank methods, smurfing [also known as structuring], currency exchanges, and double-invoicing".<sup id="cite_ref-encyclopedia_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Structuring" title="Structuring">Structuring</a>: Often known as <i>smurfing</i>, is a method of placement whereby cash is broken into smaller deposits of money, used to defeat suspicion of money laundering and to avoid anti-money laundering reporting requirements. A sub-component of this is to use smaller amounts of cash to purchase bearer instruments, such as money orders, and then ultimately deposit those, again in small amounts.<sup id="cite_ref-NDIC_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDIC-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bulk cash smuggling: This involves physically smuggling cash to another jurisdiction and depositing it in a financial institution, such as an <a href="/wiki/Offshore_bank" title="Offshore bank">offshore bank</a>, that offers greater <a href="/wiki/Bank_secrecy" title="Bank secrecy">bank secrecy</a> or less rigorous money laundering enforcement.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Money_Laundering_Threat_Assessment_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Money_Laundering_Threat_Assessment-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cash-intensive businesses: In this method, a business is typically expected to receive a large proportion of its revenue as cash uses its accounts to deposit criminally derived cash. This method of money laundering often causes organized crime and <a href="/wiki/Corporate_crime" title="Corporate crime">corporate crime</a> to overlap.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Such enterprises often operate openly and in doing so generate cash revenue from incidental legitimate business in addition to the illicit cash. In such cases, the business will usually claim all cash received as legitimate earnings. Service businesses are best suited to this method, as such enterprises have little or no <a href="/wiki/Variable_cost" title="Variable cost">variable costs</a> and/or a large ratio between revenue and variable costs, which makes it difficult to detect discrepancies between revenues and costs. Examples are <a href="/wiki/Parking_structures" class="mw-redirect" title="Parking structures">parking structures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strip_club" title="Strip club">strip clubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanning_salon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanning salon">tanning salons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Car_wash" title="Car wash">car washes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amusement_arcade" title="Amusement arcade">arcades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">bars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Restaurants" class="mw-redirect" title="Restaurants">restaurants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barber" title="Barber">barber shops</a>, <a href="/wiki/DVD_store" class="mw-redirect" title="DVD store">DVD stores</a>, <a href="/wiki/Movie_theaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie theaters">movie theaters</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beach_resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach resort">beach resorts</a>.</li> <li>Trade-based laundering: This method is one of the newest and most complex forms of money laundering.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This involves under- or over-valuing <a href="/wiki/Invoice" title="Invoice">invoices</a> to disguise the movement of money.<sup id="cite_ref-Achilles_Heel_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Achilles_Heel-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, the art market has been accused of being an ideal vehicle for money laundering due to several unique aspects of art such as the subjective value of artworks as well as the secrecy of auction houses about the identity of the buyer and seller.<sup id="cite_ref-Has_the_Art_Market_Become_an_Unwitting_Partner_in_Crime?_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Has_the_Art_Market_Become_an_Unwitting_Partner_in_Crime?-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Agency" title="National Crime Agency">National Crime Agency</a>, one strategy that is favored by high-net-worth individuals is specialist storage facilities. Art kept in these spaces has been used by individuals to evade sanctions and launder the proceeds of crime.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">Shell companies</a> and trusts: Trusts and shell companies disguise the true owners of money. Trusts and corporate vehicles, depending on the jurisdiction, need not disclose their true owner. Sometimes referred to by the slang term <i>rathole</i>, though that term usually refers to a person acting as the fictitious owner rather than the business entity.<sup id="cite_ref-FATF_threat_assessment_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FATF_threat_assessment-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round-tripping_(finance)" title="Round-tripping (finance)">Round-tripping</a>: Here, money is deposited in a <a href="/wiki/Controlled_foreign_corporation" title="Controlled foreign corporation">controlled foreign corporation</a> offshore, preferably in a <a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a> where minimal records are kept, and then shipped back as a <a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment" title="Foreign direct investment">foreign direct investment</a>, exempt from taxation. A variant of this is to transfer money to a law firm or similar organization as funds on account of fees, then to cancel the retainer and, when the money is remitted, represent the sums received from the lawyers as a legacy under a will or proceeds of litigation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup></li> <li>Bank capture: In this case, money launderers or criminals buy a controlling interest in a bank, preferably in a jurisdiction with weak money laundering controls, and then move money through the bank without scrutiny.</li> <li>Invoice Fraud: An example is when a criminal contacts a company saying that the supplier payment details have changed. They then provide alternative, fraudulent details in order for you to pay them money.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">Casino</a>s: In this method, an individual walks into a casino and buys chips with illicit cash. The individual will then play for a relatively short time. When the person cashes in the chips, they will expect to take payment in a check, or at least get a receipt so they can claim the proceeds as <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> winnings.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Money_Laundering_Threat_Assessment_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Money_Laundering_Threat_Assessment-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other gambling: Money is spent on gambling, preferably on high odds games. One way to minimize risk with this method is to bet on every possible outcome of some event that has many possible outcomes, so no outcome(s) have short odds, and the bettor will lose only the <a href="/wiki/Vigorish" title="Vigorish">vigorish</a> and will have one or more winning bets that can be shown as the source of money. The losing bets will remain hidden.</li> <li>Black salaries: A company may have unregistered employees without written contracts and pay them cash salaries. Dirty money might be used to pay them.<sup id="cite_ref-Underground_Economy_Issues._Ontario_Construction_Secretariat_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underground_Economy_Issues._Ontario_Construction_Secretariat-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tax_amnesty" title="Tax amnesty">Tax amnesties</a>: For example, those that legalize unreported assets and cash in tax havens.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Transaction Laundering: When a merchant unknowingly processes illicit credit card transactions for another business.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is a growing problem<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and recognised as distinct from traditional money laundering in using the payments ecosystem to hide that the transaction even occurred<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (e.g. the use of fake front websites<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>). Also known as "undisclosed aggregation" or "factoring".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Online job marketplaces such as <a href="/wiki/Freelancer.com" title="Freelancer.com">Freelancer.com</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiverr" title="Fiverr">Fiverr</a>, which accept funds from clients and hold them in <a href="/wiki/Escrow" title="Escrow">escrow</a> to pay freelancers. A money launderer can post a token job on one of these sites, and send the money for the site to hold in escrow. The launderer (or his associate) can then sign on as a freelancer (using a different account and IP address), accept and complete the job, and be paid the funds.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired.uk_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired.uk-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Through Sports: Investigation teams have identified sport profits as a common way to launder money. In Latin America, in particular, drug traffickers are frequently found to own Soccer Clubs, and to launder money through their intermediate, by buying and selling players, selling tickets and merchandise<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Digital_electronic_money">Digital electronic money</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Digital electronic money"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_and_crime" title="Cryptocurrency and crime">Cryptocurrency and crime</a></div> <p>In theory, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_money" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic money">electronic money</a> should provide as easy a method of transferring value without revealing identity as untracked banknotes, especially wire transfers involving anonymity-protecting numbered bank accounts. In practice, however, the record-keeping capabilities of Internet service providers and other network resource maintainers tend to frustrate that intention. While some <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrencies</a> under recent development have aimed to provide more possibilities of transaction anonymity for various reasons, the degree to which they succeed — and, in consequence, the degree to which they offer benefits for money laundering efforts — is controversial. Solutions such as <a href="/wiki/Zcash" title="Zcash">ZCash</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monero" title="Monero">Monero</a> ― known as <i>privacy coins</i><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ― are examples of cryptocurrencies that provide unlinkable anonymity via proofs and/or obfuscation of information (<a href="/wiki/Ring_signature" title="Ring signature">ring signatures</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While not suitable for large-scale crimes, privacy coins like Monero are suitable for laundering money made through small-scale crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from traditional cryptocurrencies, <a href="/wiki/NFT" class="mw-redirect" title="NFT">Non-Fungible Tokens</a> (NFTs) are also commonly used in connection with money laundering activities.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> NFTs are often used to perform <a href="/wiki/Wash_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Wash Trade">Wash Trading</a> by creating several different <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_wallet" title="Cryptocurrency wallet">wallets</a> for one individual, generating several fictitious sales and consequently selling the respective NFT to a third party.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to a report by <a href="/wiki/Chainalysis" title="Chainalysis">Chainalysis</a>, these types of wash trades are becoming increasingly popular among money launderers especially due to the largely anonymous nature of transactions on NFT marketplaces.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Auction platforms for NFT sales may face regulatory pressure to comply with anti-money laundering legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_tumbler" title="Cryptocurrency tumbler">cryptocurrency mixers</a> have been increasingly used by cybercriminals over the past decade to launder funds.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A mixer blends the cryptocurrencies of many users together to obfuscate the origins and owners of funds, enabling a greater degree of privacy on public blockchains like <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethereum" title="Ethereum">Ethereum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although not explicitly illegal in many jurisdictions, the legality of mixers is controversial.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The use of the mixer <a href="/wiki/Tornado_Cash" title="Tornado Cash">Tornado Cash</a> in the laundering of funds by the <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Group" title="Lazarus Group">Lazarus Group</a> led the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control" title="Office of Foreign Assets Control">Office of Foreign Assets Control</a> to sanction it, prompting some users to sue the Treasury Department.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Proponents have argued mixers allow users to protect their privacy and that the government lacks the authority to restrict access to decentralized software. In the United States, <a href="/wiki/Financial_Crimes_Enforcement_Network" title="Financial Crimes Enforcement Network">FinCEN</a> requires mixers to register as money service businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Loup_Richet&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Loup Richet (page does not exist)">Jean-Loup Richet</a>, a research fellow at <a href="/wiki/ESSEC" class="mw-redirect" title="ESSEC">ESSEC</a> ISIS, surveyed new techniques that cybercriminals were using in a report written for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_on_Drugs_and_Crime" title="United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime">United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean-Loup_Richet_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-Loup_Richet-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A common approach was to use a <a href="/wiki/Digital_currency_exchanger" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital currency exchanger">digital currency exchanger</a> service which converted dollars into a digital currency called <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Reserve" title="Liberty Reserve">Liberty Reserve</a>, and could be sent and received anonymously. The receiver could convert the Liberty Reserve currency back into cash for a small fee. In May 2013, the US authorities shut down Liberty Reserve, charging its founder and various others with money laundering.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another increasingly common way of laundering money is to use online gaming. In a growing number of online games, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Second_Life" title="Second Life">Second Life</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a>,</i> it is possible to <a href="/wiki/Gold_farming" title="Gold farming">convert money into virtual goods, services, or virtual cash</a> that can later be converted back into money.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired.uk_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired.uk-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>To avoid the usage of decentralized digital money such as <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> for the profit of crime and corruption, Australia is planning to strengthen the nation's anti-money laundering laws.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The characteristics of Bitcoin—it is completely deterministic, protocol-based and can be difficult to censor<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup>—make it possible to circumvent national laws using services like <a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)" title="Tor (network)">Tor</a> to obfuscate transaction origins. Bitcoin relies completely on cryptography, not on a central entity running under a <a href="/wiki/Know_your_customer" title="Know your customer">KYC</a> framework. There are several cases in which criminals have cashed out a significant amount of <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> after ransomware attacks, drug dealings, cyber fraud and gunrunning.<sup id="cite_ref-cnbc.com_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnbc.com-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, many digital currency exchanges are now operating KYC programs under threat of regulation from the jurisdictions they operate.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reverse_money_laundering">Reverse money laundering</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Reverse money laundering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hawala_and_crime" title="Hawala and crime">Hawala and crime</a></div> <p>Reverse money laundering is a process that disguises a legitimate source of funds that are to be used for illegal purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-REVERSE_LAUNDERING_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REVERSE_LAUNDERING-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is usually perpetrated for the purpose of financing terrorism<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but can be also used by criminal organizations that have invested in legal businesses and would like to withdraw legitimate funds from official circulation. Unaccounted cash received via disguising financial transactions is not included in official financial reporting and could be used to evade taxes, hand in bribes and pay "under-the-table" salaries.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, in an affidavit filed on 24 March 2014 in <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of California">United States District Court, Northern California</a>, San Francisco Division, FBI special agent Emmanuel V. Pascua alleged that several people associated with the <a href="/wiki/Chee_Kung_Tong" title="Chee Kung Tong">Chee Kung Tong</a> organization, and California State Senator <a href="/wiki/Leland_Yee" title="Leland Yee">Leland Yee</a>, engaged in reverse money laundering activities. </p><p>The problem of such fraudulent encashment practices (<i>obnalichka</i> in Russian) has become acute in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. The Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) reported that the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Kazakhstan have encountered a substantial shrinkage of tax base and shifting money supply balance in favor of cash. These processes have complicated the planning and management of the economy and contributed to the growth of the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow economy">shadow economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magnitude">Magnitude</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Magnitude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many regulatory and governmental authorities issue estimates each year for the amount of money laundered, either worldwide or within their national economy. In 1996, a spokesperson for the <a href="/wiki/IMF" class="mw-redirect" title="IMF">IMF</a> estimated that 2–5% of the worldwide global economy involved laundered money.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Financial_Action_Task_Force_on_Money_Laundering" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering">Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering</a> (FATF), an intergovernmental body set up to combat money laundering, stated, "Due to the illegal nature of the transactions, precise statistics are not available and it is therefore impossible to produce a definitive estimate of the amount of money that is globally laundered every year. The FATF therefore does not publish any figures in this regard."<sup id="cite_ref-FATF_FAQ_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FATF_FAQ-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Academic commentators have likewise been unable to estimate the volume of money with any degree of assurance.<sup id="cite_ref-chasing_dirty_money_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chasing_dirty_money-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Various estimates of the scale of global money laundering are sometimes repeated often enough to make some people regard them as factual—but no researcher has overcome the inherent difficulty of measuring an actively concealed practice. </p><p>Regardless of the difficulty in measurement, the amount of money laundered each year is in the <a href="/wiki/1000000000_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000000 (number)">billions</a> of US dollars and poses a significant policy concern for governments.<sup id="cite_ref-chasing_dirty_money_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chasing_dirty_money-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a result, governments and international bodies have undertaken efforts to deter, prevent, and apprehend money launderers. Financial institutions have likewise undertaken efforts to prevent and detect transactions involving dirty money, both as a result of government requirements and to avoid the reputational risk involved. Issues relating to money laundering have existed as long as there have been <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">large-scale criminal enterprises</a>. Modern anti-money laundering laws have developed along with the modern <a href="/wiki/War_on_Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Drugs">War on Drugs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In more recent times anti-money laundering legislation is seen as an adjunct to the financial crime of <a href="/wiki/Terrorist_financing" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist financing">terrorist financing</a> in that both crimes usually involve the transmission of funds through the financial system (although money laundering relates to where the money has come <i>from</i>, and terrorist financing relating to where the money is going <i>to</i>). Finally, people, vessels, organisations and governments can be sanctioned due to international law-breaking, war (and of course tit-for-tat sanctions), and still want to move funds into markets where they are <i><a href="/wiki/Persona_non_grata" title="Persona non grata">persona non grata</a></i>. </p><p>Transaction laundering is a massive and growing problem.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Finextra estimated that transaction laundering accounted for over $200 billion in the US in 2017 alone, with over $6 billion of these sales involving illicit goods or services, sold by nearly 335,000 unregistered merchants.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Money laundering can erode <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-v890_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-v890-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-f925_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f925-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_cases">Notable cases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Notable cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf/page1-220px-1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf/page1-330px-1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf/page1-440px-1998_Senate_Investigation_Contribution_Money_Laundering.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>1998 investigation, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>, Contribution Laundering/Third-Party Transfers. Includes investigation of <a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Memorial_International_Foundation" title="Gandhi Memorial International Foundation">Gandhi Memorial International Foundation</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International" title="Bank of Credit and Commerce International">Bank of Credit and Commerce International</a>: Unknown amount, estimated in billions, of criminal proceeds, including drug trafficking money, laundered during the mid-1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of New York">Bank of New York</a>: US$7&#160;<a href="/wiki/1000000000_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000000 (number)">billion</a> of Russian <a href="/wiki/Capital_flight" title="Capital flight">capital flight</a> laundered through accounts controlled by bank executives, the late 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNP_Paribas" title="BNP Paribas">BNP Paribas</a>, in June 2014, pleaded guilty to falsifying <a href="/wiki/Business_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Business records">business records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(civil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy (civil)">conspiracy</a>, having violated <a href="/wiki/U.S._sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. sanctions">U.S. sanctions</a> against Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. It agreed to pay an $8.9 billion fine, the largest ever for violating U.S. sanctions.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_bnp_admits_guilt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_bnp_admits_guilt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSI_Ltd" title="BSI Ltd">BSI Bank</a>, in May 2017, was shut down by the <a href="/wiki/Monetary_Authority_of_Singapore" title="Monetary Authority of Singapore">Monetary Authority of Singapore</a> for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, poor management oversight of the bank's operations, and gross misconduct of some of the bank's staff.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BTA_Bank" title="BTA Bank">BTA Bank</a>: $6 billion of bank funds embezzled or fraudulently loaned to shell companies and offshore holdings by the bank's former chairman and CEO <a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Ablyazov" title="Mukhtar Ablyazov">Mukhtar Ablyazov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EWHC2788_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWHC2788-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charter_House_Bank&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Charter House Bank (page does not exist)">Charter House Bank</a>: Charter House Bank in Kenya was placed under statutory management in 2006 by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Kenya" title="Central Bank of Kenya">Central Bank of Kenya</a> after it was discovered the bank was being used for money laundering activities by multiple accounts containing missing customer information. More than $1.5 billion had been laundered before the scam was uncovered.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danske_Bank" title="Danske Bank">Danske Bank</a> + <a href="/wiki/Swedbank" title="Swedbank">Swedbank</a>: $30 billion – $230 billion US dollars <a href="/wiki/Danske_Bank_money_laundering_scandal" title="Danske Bank money laundering scandal">laundered through its Estonian branch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was revealed on 19 September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Investigations by Denmark, Estonia, the U.K. and the U.S. were joined by France in February 2019. On 19 February 2019, Danske Bank announced that it would cease operating in Russia and the Baltic States.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This statement came shortly after Estonia's banking regulator Finantsinspektsioon<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> announced that they would close the Estonian branch of Danske Bank.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The investigation has grown to include Swedbank, which may have laundered $4.3 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> More at <a href="/wiki/Danske_Bank_money_laundering_scandal" title="Danske Bank money laundering scandal">Danske Bank money laundering scandal</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank">Deutsche Bank</a> was accused in a vast money laundering scheme, dubbed the <a href="/wiki/Global_Laundromat" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Laundromat">Global Laundromat</a>, involving secret Russian accounts that were transferred from <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> banks in <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> between 2010 and 2014. Newspaper sources estimated the total value of laundered currency to be as high as $80bn. The bank is also under investigation for its involvement in Europe's biggest banking scandal through Denmark's <a href="/wiki/Danske_Bank" title="Danske Bank">Danske Bank</a>, which laundered €200bn, also from Russian sources.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>' <a href="/wiki/Dubai_Islamic_Bank" title="Dubai Islamic Bank">Dubai Islamic Bank</a> was accused of "knowingly and purposefully" providing "financial services and other forms of material support to <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> operatives" when the terrorist group was planning the execution of the <a href="/wiki/11_September_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="11 September attacks">11 September attacks</a> against the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Sharjah" title="Sharjah">Sharjah</a> branch of <a href="/wiki/Standard_Chartered_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Chartered Bank">Standard Chartered Bank</a> was also involved in opening the accounts of the terror operatives and allowing financial transactions to take place between them and <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed" title="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed">Khalid Sheikh Mohammed</a>, "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FinCEN_Files" title="FinCEN Files">FinCEN Files</a>: On 21 September 2020, The <a href="/wiki/International_Consortium_of_Investigative_Journalists" title="International Consortium of Investigative Journalists">International Consortium of Investigative Journalists</a> (ICIJ) revealed FinCEN Files, about the involvement of about $2tn of transactions by some of the world's biggest banks.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> FinCEN files also revealed that Dubai-based Gunes General Trading, based in Dubai funneled Iranian state money via UAE's central banking system and processed $142 million in 2011 and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortnite" title="Fortnite">Fortnite</a>: In 2018, Cybersecurity firm <a href="/wiki/Cybersixgill" title="Cybersixgill">Sixgill</a><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> discovered that <a href="/wiki/Credit_card_fraud" title="Credit card fraud">stolen credit card details</a> may be used to purchase Fortnite's <a href="/wiki/Virtual_economy" title="Virtual economy">in-game currency</a> (V-Bucks) and in-game purchases, for the account to then be sold online for "clean" money.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Epic_Games" title="Epic Games">Epic Games</a>, the makers of Fortnite, responded by urging customers to secure their accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a>, in December 2012, paid a record $1.9 Billion fine for money-laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for drug traffickers, terrorists and sanctioned governments such as Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The money-laundering occurred throughout the 2000s.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_the_Works_of_Religion" title="Institute for the Works of Religion">Institute for the Works of Religion</a>: Italian authorities investigated suspected money laundering transactions amounting to US$218&#160;million made by the <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_the_Works_of_Religion" title="Institute for the Works of Religion">IOR</a> to several Italian banks.<sup id="cite_ref-times-vatican_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-vatican-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Reserve" title="Liberty Reserve">Liberty Reserve</a>, in May 2013, was seized by United States federal authorities for laundering $6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>: US$70&#160;billion of Russian capital flight was laundered through unregulated Nauru offshore shell banks, the late 1990s<sup id="cite_ref-NY_times_shack_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_times_shack-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a>: US$2–5&#160;billion of government assets laundered through banks in the UK, Luxembourg, Jersey (Channel Islands), and Switzerland, by the president of Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-asset_recovery_abacha_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asset_recovery_abacha-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Bank" title="Standard Bank">Standard Bank</a>: Standard Bank South Africa London Branch – The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Bank PLC (Standard Bank) £7,640,400 for failings relating to its anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures over corporate and private bank customers connected to <a href="/wiki/Politically_exposed_person" title="Politically exposed person">politically exposed persons</a> (PEPs).<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chartered" title="Standard Chartered">Standard Chartered</a>: paid $330 million in fines for money-laundering hundreds of billions of dollars for Iran. The money-laundering took place in the 2000s and occurred for "nearly a decade to hide 60,000 transactions worth $250 billion".<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westpac" title="Westpac">Westpac</a>: On 24 September 2020, Westpac and AUSTRAC agreed to an AUD $1.3 billion penalty over Westpac's breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 - the largest fine ever issued in Australian corporate history.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jose Franklin Jurado-Rodriguez, a <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Economics Department alumnus, was convicted in Luxembourg in June 1990 "in what was one of the largest drug money laundering cases ever brought in Europe"<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the US in 1996 of money laundering for the <a href="/wiki/Cali_Cartel" title="Cali Cartel">Cali Cartel</a> kingpin <a href="/wiki/Jose_Santacruz_Londono" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Santacruz Londono">Jose Santacruz Londono</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jurado-Rodriguez specialized in "<a href="/wiki/Smurfing_(financial_crime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smurfing (financial crime)">smurfing</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ng_Lap_Seng" title="Ng Lap Seng">Ng Lap Seng</a>: The Chinese billionaire real estate developer from <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> was sentenced to four years in prison<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in May 2018 for bribing two diplomats, including the former president of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_William_Ashe" title="John William Ashe">John William Ashe</a>, to help him build a conference center in Macau for the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), headed by Director <a href="/wiki/Yiping_Zhou" title="Yiping Zhou">Yiping Zhou</a>. The corruption case was the worst financial scandal for the United Nations since the abuse of the Iraqi <a href="/wiki/Oil-for-Food_Programme" title="Oil-for-Food Programme">oil-for-food program</a> more than 20 years ago. Ng Lap Seng, 69, was convicted in Federal District Court in Manhattan on two counts of violating the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act" title="Foreign Corrupt Practices Act">Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</a>, one count of paying bribes, one count of money laundering, and two counts of conspiracy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a>: Unknown amount, estimated at US$10&#160;billion of government assets laundered through banks and financial institutions in the United States, Liechtenstein, Austria, Panama, Netherlands Antilles, Cayman Islands, Vanuatu, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, Singapore, Monaco, the Bahamas, the Vatican and Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-bernstein-realestate_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bernstein-realestate-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Laws_by_country">Laws by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Laws by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Money_laundering" title="Special:EditPage/Money laundering">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>: Implemented the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to establish money laundering offenses and facilitate asset recovery.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: Enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requiring companies to disclose their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), effectively banning anonymous shell corporations and enhancing transparency in corporate ownership.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>: Introduced the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF Act) to regulate financial transactions and enhance transparency.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>: Established the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act to confiscate proceeds from serious crimes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>: Strengthened its anti-money laundering framework through the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), which mandates due diligence and reporting requirements for financial institutions.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></td> <td>0.1</td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, 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<tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td> <td>16.7</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>4.5</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>27.1</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></td> <td>32.7</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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<tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a></td> <td>0.2</td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></td> <td>0.1</td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></td> <td>0.6</td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></td> <td>178.0</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></td> <td>1.4</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></td> <td>4.3</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></td> <td>24.4</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></td> <td>0.4</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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<td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td> <td>8.7</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td>29.7</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td> <td>3.5</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></td> <td>0.8</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></td> <td>0.5</td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=United+Nations+Office+on+Drugs+and+Crime%2C+Corruption+%26+Economic+Crime%2C+Category+%22Money+laundering%22&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdataunodc.un.org%2Fdp-crime-corruption-offences&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMoney+laundering" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Money_laundering&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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title="Baksheesh">Baksheesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_market" title="Black market">Black market</a> / <a href="/wiki/Grey_market" title="Grey market">Grey market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">Bribery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collusion" title="Collusion">Collusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_bribery" title="Commercial bribery">Commercial bribery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li>Corporation <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dummy_corporation" title="Dummy corporation">Dummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">Shell</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scam" title="Scam">Confidence trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">Embezzlement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">Extortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">Fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graft_(politics)" title="Graft 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_W._Baker" title="Raymond W. Baker">Global Financial Integrity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Witness" title="Global Witness">Global Witness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_of_States_Against_Corruption" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of States Against Corruption">Group of States Against Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Academy" title="International Anti-Corruption Academy">International Anti-Corruption Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Ibrahim_Foundation" title="Mo Ibrahim Foundation">Mo Ibrahim Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_against_Corruption#UNCAC_Coalition_of_Civil_Society_Organisations" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Convention against Corruption">UNCAC Coalition of Civil Society Organisations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td 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Commission">Central Vigilance Commission</a> (India)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_Eradication_Commission" title="Corruption Eradication Commission">KPK</a> (Indonesia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Authority_(Italy)" title="National Anti-Corruption Authority (Italy)">National Anti-Corruption Authority</a> (Italy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_Prevention_and_Combating_Bureau" title="Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau">Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau</a> (Latvia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governance_and_Economic_Management_Assistance_Program" title="Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program">Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program</a> (Liberia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Investigation_Service" title="Special Investigation Service">Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BIANCO" title="BIANCO">BIANCO</a> (Madagascar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Anti-Corruption_Commission" title="Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission">Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Corruption_Commission_of_Myanmar" title="Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar">Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar</a> (Myanmar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Corrupt_Practices_Commission" title="Independent Corrupt Practices Commission">Independent Corrupt Practices Commission</a> (Nigeria)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Accountability_Bureau" title="National Accountability Bureau">National Accountability Bureau</a> (Pakistan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investigation_Task_Force_Sweep" title="Investigation Task Force Sweep">Investigation Task Force Sweep</a> (Papua New Guinea)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Anticorruption_Bureau" title="Central Anticorruption Bureau">Central Anticorruption Bureau</a> (Poland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Corruption_General_Directorate" title="Anti-Corruption General Directorate">Anti-Corruption General Directorate</a> (Romania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anticorruption_Directorate" title="National Anticorruption Directorate">National Anticorruption Directorate</a> (Romania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investigative_Committee_of_Russia" title="Investigative Committee of Russia">Investigative Committee of Russia</a> (Russia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Anti-corruption_Commission" title="Sierra Leone Anti-corruption Commission">Sierra Leone Anti-corruption Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrupt_Practices_Investigation_Bureau" title="Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau">Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau</a> (Singapore)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_the_Prevention_of_Corruption_of_the_Republic_of_Slovenia" title="Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia">Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Corruption_and_Civil_Rights_Commission" title="Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission">Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission</a> (South Korea)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_Surveillance_Service" title="Customs Surveillance Service">Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Bureau_of_Ukraine" title="National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine">National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine</a> (Ukraine)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warioba_Commission" title="Warioba Commission">Warioba Commission</a> (Tanzania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Steering_Committee_on_Anti-corruption" title="Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption">Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption</a> (Vietnam)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anti-corruption" title="Anti-corruption">Anti-corruption</a></th><td 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