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Fundamental Concepts

Background and definitions

Key processes in money laundering and terrorist financing

Money laundering

Crypto-Laundering and the Blockchain

Terrorist financing

Further differences between terrorist financing and classical money laundering

Suspicion recognition

BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS

Definitions

Money laundering is the conversion or transfer of money to disguise its illegal origins; or the use of the financial system to convert or transfer money or other assets so as to disguise their illegal origins. (AML is the acronym used for Anti-Money Laundering.)

Terrorist financing is the use of the financial system to facilitate the funding of terrorist acts, and to disguise both the origins and intended purpose of the funds ...

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