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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by URSpider94 on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:18PM (#27318738)
It goes back further than that, at least to the prosecution of organized crime syndicates in the early part of the 20th century. Al Capone went to jail for tax evasion, after all.
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by camgunz on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:24PM (#27318821)
Yeah for sure, famously. I think the evolution of like, KYC and the global financial surveillance system probably came about for Cold War or War on Drugs reasons though.
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