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Record 1 2001-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

Mechanisms for laundering range from the simple to the complex. In a simple method known as smurfing often employed by "small-time" local dealers, proceeds are broken up into amounts small enough to avoid attracting attention and deposited by a few innocuous-looking "bag-men".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Ces mécanismes vont du simple au complexe. Selon une méthode simple du nom de schtroumpfage, qui est souvent employée par les agents locaux « à la petite semaine », les produits sont répartis en sommes suffisamment petites pour éviter d'attirer l'attention et pour être déposées par quelques « commis-voyageurs » d'apparence ordinaire.

Spanish

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