The crime of money laundering

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to present a brief introduction to the crime of money laundering, starting from its conceptualization as well as the purpose sought by the mechanisms that are implemented to operate the resources of illicit origin. A mention is made of the origin of the term “money laundering” and why the term money is used specifically.

Organized crime mainly integrates the great fluxes of illicit capital it generates into the financial systems of various countries, with the aim of laundering money in its different stages. This, however, impacts different activities of countries and societies in general.

The phenomenon of money laundering must be focused from a wide and global perspective to appreciate the real magnitude of the problem, since it undermines the rule of law, therefore have been detected some activities that are particularly vulnerable to being carried out to money laundering, which are being controlled more severely to stop the flux of this type of capital.