Learn about the methods that criminals use when they are looking to launder money and how the government seeks to prevent them.

Placement is the first stage of the three stages of money laundering. At this stage, criminals attempt to enter the ‘dirty’ money into the financial system. This process can be dangerous because large ...

The disappearance of 500-euro notes and the creation of bitcoin have led money laundering networks to pay drug traffickers in ...

Money laundering is one of the most difficult criminal economies to detect and prosecute, and the debate over the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies has intensified in recent years, ...

Get a simple, no-jargon explanation of how money laundering works from hiding illegal earnings to making dirty money look clean. This beginner-friendly guide breaks down the three main stages and ...