Mike Quigley

The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there - all make it really important for the Russia investigation.

American Politician

Jim Flaherty

There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we're becoming increasingly strict on the subject.

Canadian Public Servant

Sibel Edmonds

You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at certain points and becoming one.

American Public Servant

Roger Ver

Money laundering is not a crime. It's just because certain men with guns don't like what other people are doing with their own money, so they decide it's okay to lock those people in a cage.

Businessman

James Watkins

Living in London, you feel the sense of how it has developed into a service city. People come here from around the world - both to launder their money and launder their reputations.

English Director

Damon Dash

When you're a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you're laundering money or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't.

American Businessman

Evo Morales

Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.

Bolivian Statesman

Scott Gottlieb

Trying to stretch the mission of a health program like Medicaid, as a way to launder redistributionist goals, ends up serving nobody well.

Albert II, Prince of Monaco

I'm tired of seeing the press equate Monaco with money laundering.

Monacan Royalty

Enrique Pena Nieto

I think money laundering is giving oxygen to organized crime.

Mexican Statesman

Used to describe routine cleaning tasks in a household setting.

Domestic Context

Can express refreshing or cleaning abstract things, like reputations in a non-literal sense.

Metaphorical Use

Found in phrases like 'launder your conscience,' meaning to try to rid oneself of guilt.

Figurative Phrases

Specifically refers to the illegal act of making 'dirty' money seem 'clean' or legitimate.

Crime-Related

Implies a deliberate effort to deceive authorities or the public about the source of money.

Financial Deception

Carries heavy legal implications; often leads to serious charges if proven.

Legal Consequences

 we need to start respecting politicians. There's also a lot we can do to fight privilege violence in other countries. The most violent regimes tend to be fueled by drugs, and then they launder the profits through financial systems in New York and London, through real-estate transactions,

A path to security for...

 including many major corruption cases. They are used by corporations evading taxes, rogue governments skirting sanctions, terrorists buying arms, and dictators financing wars. Organized crime groups launder their profits through anonymous companies.

How exposing anonymous...

 And the question is why would drug traffickers want to be interested in cattle ranches? Well, these are untraceable transactions right? So, they're a wonderful way to launder drug profits, otherwise known as land laundering.

Kendra McSweeney: Drugs,...

 The last two decades have been the champagne era for dirty lucre. In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world competing for their business, and there was simply no effective mechanism to prevent money laundering.

Misha Glenny investigates...

 of prosecuting now with new evidence from secret life the federal Royal Thai police says it will soon begin an in-depth investigation into alleged wildlife trafficking and possible money laundering this is not just about a

Special Investigation:...

 And yet, these faster, cheaper, better options can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant

Dilip Ratha: The hidden...

 company laundering Mexican drug money three brothers two parts one dirty secret the real owners hidden the profits concealed this is a problem throughout the world anonymous companies

Exposing abuse of...

 like cash-only laundromats. In fact, those laundromats are part of the reason for the name of this activity, money laundering. Money laundering came to be the term for any process

How does money...

 the more likely you're being given a longer sentence. What's going on? Data laundering. It's a process by which technologists hide ugly truths

The era of blind faith...

 Together, we can end the secrecy that is currently allowing tax evasion, corruption, money laundering to flourish.

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