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标题：To Regulate or Not? Managing the Risks of E-Money and Its Potential Application in Money Laundering Schemes
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作者：Timothy H. Ehrlich
期刊名称：Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0897-3393
出版年度：1998
卷号：11
期号：1-3
出版社：William S Hein
摘要：Consider the situation of a drug kingpin in control of a large narcotics organization. Inevitably, he I would be faced with the question of how to convert the loads of low denomination, "dirty" paper bills (i.e., collected from street sales) into a form that could be easily moved. In addition, he would want to be able to transfer these funds to suppliers and his own bank accounts without revealing the source of the funds to law enforcement agencies. One option criminals often pursue in this situation is to "launder" money. This might involve placing the money into a bank or investment account in the United States and transferring it by wire to criminal accounts all over the world. Alternatively, one might choose to avoid dealing with U.S. financial institutions altogether by loading the money into cargo containers or suitcases and sending them out to foreign countries on ships or commercial airlines, respectively.