UNODC, ExplicitImplicity

Placement: moving the funds from direct association with the crime. Layering: disguising the trail to foil pursuit. Integration: making the money available to the criminal, once again, with its occupational and geographic origins hidden from view.   Placing “dirty” money in a service company, where it is layered with legitimate income, and then integrated into the flow of money is a common form of money laundering.