... financial structures used to support international terrorism. Also it states that only terrorists launder money, and organized crimes in general also engage in laundering. "Laundering" is used as a technique which allows criminals to maintain control over the proceeds of their activities6. A clear definition of Money Laundering is: "The process by which criminals attempt to conceal the rue origin and ownership of their criminal activities. If undertaken successfully, it also allows them to maintain control over those proceeds and, ultimately, to provide a legitimate cover for their source of income"7 Money laundering as a crime only attracted interest in the 1980s, essentially within a drug trafficking context. It was from an increasing awareness of the huge profits generated from this criminal activity and a concern at the massive drug abuse problem in western society which created the impetus for governments to act against the drug dealers by creating legislation that would ...

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