Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (i.e. dirty money) appear legal (i.e. clean). Typically, it involves three steps: placement, layering, and integration. First, the illegitimate funds are furtively introduced into the legitimate financial system.
Here is information about a currency bill, According to the Bureau of Engraving: * Our present sized currency measures 2.61 inches wide by 6.14 inches long, and the thickness is .0043 inches. * The approximate weight of a currency note, regardless of denomination is (1) one gram. $1,000,000 is 10,000 $100 bills, which weighs 10 kg or about 22 pounds. If stacked in one stack, the height would be 43 inches high or about three and one half feet. Easy to carry in a briefcase if that is what you had in mind.
Â­Â­Money laundering is a crucial step in the success of drug trafficking and terrorist activities, not to mention white collar crime, and there are countless organizations trying to get a handle on the problem.ot only does cash draw the attention of law-enforcement officials, but it's also really heavy. Cocaine that's worth $1 million on the street weighs about 44 pounds (20 kg), while a stash of U.S. dollars worth $1 million weighs about 256 pounds (116 kg). The basic money laundering process has three steps: