Money laundering definition
Money laundering can be defined differently based on location
Money laundering is generally accepted as
the process of concealing or disguising the existence , source, movement, destination, or illegal application of criminally derived funds to make them appear legitimate
criminal activities that lead to money laundering are called…
Predicate crimes
Examples of Predicate crimes Include:
Arms sales narcotics trafficking contraband smuggling embezzlement insider trading bribery fraud schemes
Three basic steps of Money Laundering are:
Placement
Layering
Integration
Placement
Putting dirty money into the financial system
layering
concealing the origin of the dirty money
integration
using the dirty money in the legitimate economy