By: Dala Bell

M O N EY LA U N D ER IN G

W hat D oes Laundering M oney M eans?

Money laundering is defined as the

process of concealing or disguising

the proceeds of a crime or
converting those proceeds into
goods and services. It allows
criminals to infuse money obtained
illegally into the stream of
commerce, thus corrupting financial
institutions and the money supply

The Aff
ect It H as O n Society
Because Criminals Like To Do Such

Things, The FBI Has Gotten Laws

Approved That Will Only Let You Do
Certain Things Dealing With Money.

To Prevent This
Because Of People Laundering Money These Rules Have
Been Placed.
18 USC 1958 Prohibition of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
18 USC 2339A Providing material support to terrorism
18 USC 2339B- Providing material support or resources to designated foreign

terrorist organizations
18 USC 2339C Prohibitions against financing terrorism
31 USC 5313 Reports on domestic coin and currency transactions
31 USC 5316 Reports on exporting and importing monetary instruments
Etc.

M oney Laundering Case

Head of International Narcotics Trafficking and Money

Laundering Organization Sentenced

On Sept. 29, 2014, in Miami, Florida, Alvaro Lpez Tardn, of Miami Beach
and Madrid, Spain, was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to
pay a $14 million forfeiture money judgment and $2 million fine. Tardn
was also ordered to forfeit a significant number of assets, including luxury
real estate, cars and bank accounts. Tardn was convicted on one count of
conspiracy to commit money laundering and 13 substantive counts of
money laundering. According to court documents, Tardn was the head of
an international narcotics trafficking and money laundering syndicate
which distributed over 7,500 kilograms of South American cocaine in
Madrid and laundered over $14,000,000 in narcotics proceeds in Miami by
buying high-end real estate, luxury and exotic automobiles and other highend items.

Credits !!!
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investi

gate/white_collar/money-laundering
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Examples-ofMoney-Laundering-Investigations-Fisc
al-Year-2014