Concept information
Preferred term
money laundering: targeting criminal proceeds
Definition
- Targeting the proceeds of crime is a key element in law enforcement, both because it disincentivizes crime and because it can be the only way to cripple a criminal organization such as a multinational drug-trafficking cartel, which can easily withstand the loss of personnel to arrests or drug shipments to seizures. Furthermore, tying an organization to a financial transaction involving drug money can be the best or sometimes the only way of linking an organization to the drugs themselves and providing sufficient evidence for prosecution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Money Laundering: Targeting Criminal Proceeds]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/money_laundering:_targeting_criminal_proceeds
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