
Investigating Money Laundering Cases 311
“Dinero,” these types of cases enjoy the highest prole for
their success.
There are a couple of ways to conduct a money laundering
undercover operation. How you go about this will ultimately
dictate the nal charge in the case, as well as many of the
operational decisions. The key question at this stage is, “Are
we laundering their money or ours?”
lAundering their Money
In some investigations, the undercover agents act on behalf of
the criminals in placing or layering the dirty cash. Many of
these cases involve “pickups,” in which the agents collect the
cash from the suspects and move it through the u