CHAPTER 14

Operations and Functioning of Organized Crime Groups

At their core, legitimate enterprises and organized crime and racketeering enterprises seek to exchange their goods and services for financial resources, especially electronic cash (e.g., bank deposits). Alternatively, other financial resources may be received such as bulk cash or cryptocurrency, which may comprise an intermediate source of wealth before realization as electronic cash in a financial institution. Resources such as bulk cash and cryptocurrency are not immediately useful to liquidate certain obligations, including tax liabilities, limiting their ultimate exchange value. Few assets are more liquid than a checking account with JP Morgan Chase.

As an artificial illegal ...

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