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I was planning, rather vaguely, but planning to do some seri-
ous money laundering.
Aldrich Ames, traitor
There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if
you have all the details of a thousand at your nger ends, it is
odd if you can’t unravel the thousand and rst.
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
We have already seen that federal money laundering statutes
require that we show both a Specied Unlawful Activity and
a nancial transaction or transportation. Most law enforce-
ment ofcers are comfortable with the former. Proving that
an unlawful activity took place and that the defendant did the
crime is their job, after all. It ...