Money Laundering

Money laundering is the life blood of these crime organizations. Revenue generation creates the funds needed to support hybrid threat network operations. However, before they can be utilized, the funds must be cleansed. 

Using many different methods, sophisticated networks create a web of front and shell companies, fabricated identities and even charitable organizations to try to cleanse the funds. Since most of the world does not deal with cash and it is bulky, a critical step is getting the funds into the financial systems. 

Once there, they are “layered” and moved to hide the illicit source. They are then integrated in order to create the “cover story” and appearance of legitimate funds. This process has to be accomplished before the funds can be deployed for operations.