Money Laundering--The Process

Part I of Essay
MONEY LAUNDERING—THE PROCESS AND IT’S AFFECTS Money laundering is a process that many people do not understand. In fact, when I chose money laundering for my report, I thought that I chose counterfeiting. Money laundering and counterfeiting is not the same. Money launder ....

Part II of Essay
.... so as to avoid detection from the authorities and to then transform it into other asset forms; for example: travelers checks, postal orders, etc. The second step, layering, is the first attempt to conceal or disguise the source of the ownership of the funds by creating complex layers of financial transactions designed to disguise the audit trail and provide anonymity. The purpose of layering is to disassociate the illegal moneys from the source of the crime by purposely creating a complex web of financial transactions aimed at conc ....