Series 24: Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering

Money laundering is the concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses. If the “dirty” money can be “laundered” by sending it abroad or using it to finance local businesses, commingling it with “clean” money, the authorities will have a hard time linking it to crime. There are three stages of money laundering as