money launderers
Illicit cash cleaners
Money launderers are people who disguise the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by moving it through legitimate businesses or complex financial transactions.
The term evokes washing dirty money clean—making criminal proceeds appear lawful.
Federal investigators identified several money launderers operating through shell companies.
- criminalsLawbreakers by act
- offshoreAway from land
- tax havenZero-rate wealth jurisdiction
- shell companiesLegally registered but inactive businesses
- shell corporationLegally registered but inactive business
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- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- criminal groupsgang, mafia, cartel, mob, syndicate
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers
- drug traffickersdrug dealers, drug lords, traffickers, narcos, kingpins
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