money laundering

• Der Prozess, bei dem die Herkunft illegal erlangten Geldes verschleiert wird, meist durch Einschleusen in den legalen Finanzkreislauf, sodass es aus einer legalen Quelle zu stammen scheint.

The process of concealing the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by passing it through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions, so that it appears to come from a legitimate source.

1. Illegal financial processC1formal

   The process of making large amounts of money generated by a criminal activity, such as drug trafficking or terrorist funding, appear to have come from a legitimate source.

   Illegaler Finanzprozess

   • The bank was fined for failing to prevent money laundering.
   • Investigators uncovered a complex money laundering scheme involving shell companies.
   • New regulations were introduced to combat money laundering in the real estate sector.