laundering of funds
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laundering — launder laun‧der [ˈlɔːndə ǁ ˈlɒːndər] verb [transitive] LAW launder money/profits to put money which has been obtained illegally into legal businesses and bank accounts in order to hide where it was obtained: • The bank had allegedly laundered… … Financial and business terms
laundering — n. washing of clothes; pass illegal funds through an intermediary in order to disguise the source and make them appear legitimate laun·der || lÉ”ndÉ™(r) / lÉ”Ë v. do laundry; wash and iron; be washed; pass through an intermediary in order to… … English contemporary dictionary
Money laundering — is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources.[1] The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote… … Wikipedia
Anti-money laundering — (AML) is a term mainly used in the financial and legal industries to describe the legal controls that require financial institutions and other regulated entities to prevent or report money laundering activities. Anti money laundering guidelines… … Wikipedia
Money Laundering Control Act — The Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99 570) is a United States Act of Congress that made money laundering a Federal crime. It was passed in 1986. It consists of two sections, 18 U.S.C. § 1956 and 18… … Wikipedia
Child laundering — is the stealing and selling of children to adopting parents under false pretenses. Often the adoption agency or adoption facilitator hides or falsifies the child s origin to make the child appear to be a legitimate orphan by manipulating birth… … Wikipedia
money laundering — The transferring of *money derived from illegal activities into legal or legitimate channels. Money laundering is intended to conceal the illegal origins of funds, and it is commonly associated with drug trafficking and *smuggling. In the United… … Auditor's dictionary
money laundering — /ˈmʌni lɔndərɪŋ/ (say munee lawnduhring) noun the illegal practice of transferring funds of illegal origin, usually as cash, into legal enterprises in such a way that they appear to be legitimate. –money launderer, noun …
Political scandals of the United States — This article provides a list of major political scandals of the United States.cope and organization of political scandalsCategorizing and listing scandalsDivision of this article s list of American political scandals falls into four categories… … Wikipedia
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Gessler, Otto — (1875 1955) politician; served as Defense Minister during 1920 1928. Born to a farming family in Ludwigsburg, he studied law before turning to city administration. He was elected Burgermeister of Regensburg in 1910 and was Nuremberg s… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
