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ARTICLE · 26 DECEMBER 2022

Controlling Money Laundering: Problems And Perspectives

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Money laundering is a deep-rooted problem with far reaching consequences maiming the economic and political structure of a country.

IndiaGovernment, Public Sector
Ahlawat Associates
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"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."

-M.K. Gandhi

White collar crimes in India have recently grabbed the limelight through the fiasco involving fugitive businessmen wherein such businessmen siphoned off wealth from the country worth thousands of crores.

Money laundering is a deep-rooted problem with far reaching consequences maiming the economic and political structure of a country. If not appropriately curtailed it has the potential to foster widespread antisocial activities. With the advent of digitalisation there is an increasing integration of global economies and thereby providing an international perspective to the menace of money laundering.

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