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"$AUD1000"?

This is used on the page: $AUD1000. What denomination is that? Since it discusses activities of the US, shouldn't it use US dollars? -Frecklefoot —Preceding undated comment added 17:51, 5 February 2003‎

I just removed that, and added US currency notation. I think that this could end up being the most useful information on the wikipedia. --DropDeadGorgias —Preceding undated comment added 20:08, 6 March 2003‎

One problem of criminal activities is accounting for the proceeds without raising the suspicion of law enforcement agencies.

It's not really a problem of [sic] such activities. Rather, criminals try to avoid detection by concealing the origin of their illicit funds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.50.84.225 (talk) 10:57, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The problem in this case is that the process is illegal, which begs the question whether "illegal" should be used in the lede. Legality is a social construct. 47.137.185.72 (talk) 01:51, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

After money has been laundered it can be used for legitimate purposes.

Laundered money can't be used legitimately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.50.84.225 (talk) 11:00, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's impossible to prove laundered money is illegitimate. That's the entire point of money laundering. To destroy the trail, so that you are innocent until proven guilty. 198.153.92.254 (talk) 17:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Definition - is it correct that the amounts need to be large?

In the first sentence of this article, money laundering is defined as "the process of changing large amounts of money obtained from crimes, such as drug trafficking, into origination from a legitimate source". Is it correct to have "large" as a part of the definition? Of course I do understand that the amounts involved increase the seriousness of the crime; however, is it so that if you do the same with smaller amounts, it is not money laundering per se? Eivind (t) 13:45, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Too much has been overhauled from last year

This article is missing things, it used to explain "smurf" "spin-dry" etc.

I'm not saying you need to include every countries variant slang, but, it used to be super relevant to the USA.

It is kind of disappointing when an article gets to improved, but loses some of the readability.

It's a great article, but, I think that there were a few overzealous removals when editing.

Signed - Grumpy 49.184.195.195 (talk) 12:24, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]