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money laundering: methods  

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  • Money laundering involves three steps: placement, layering, and integration. Whether it is cleaned once or multiple times through multiple streams, this practice is always used to convert the illegally obtained gains.()Money laundering is the practice of concealing information about financial transactions in order to convert the ill-gotten gains of criminal activities into “clean” or “laundered” assets. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Money Laundering: Methods]

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