CLEVER LAUNDERERS DEVELOP SOPHISTICATED SKILL SETS TO SUCCEED
October 27th, 2023
With the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimating that up to USD2 trillion of criminal proceeds are laundered worldwide annually, there is plenty of financial motivation for professional launderers to offer services that tap these funds. To avoid being caught by law enforcement, however, launderers develop psychological and tactical techniques that help them hide their criminality from law enforcement and honest contacts in the legitimate business world (1).
Like spies, professional money launderers are driven to maintain a veneer of normality and ...
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