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Once placed in the system

                                                            Layering distances the money

                                                            from its original source, often

                                                            by banks, it is undertaken to

                                                            disguise, through multiple

                                                            transfers and/or multiple

                                                            transactions and through
                                                            multiple banks and countries,

               the money’s origin.





                                                      Integration then occurs where

                                                      the funds are used to purchase

                                                      ‘clean, legitimate assets’ such as

                                                      businesses, luxury goods e.g.

                                                      yachts, aircraft etc or other money

                                                      assets or fixed assets (see

                                                      Diagram. Creating the illusion of

               legitimate wealth
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