Money laundering



Money laundering (отмывание денег) is general name for any procedures of multiple transfer of money aimed hiding its source, performed with goal to pretend that it is earned in a legal way.

There are many publication about money laundry by the soviet veterans, who used to rob money from the USSR and post-soveit Russia, hiding them in civilized countries.

in beginning of century 21, it is gradually recognized, that the laundry of money of the Russian mafia is not good for the people of a country that allows this; it is not import of capital, but import of corruption. Some links are collected in the Sci-fiction article Nine angry women in the pool, but some most relevant are also copypasted below.

Of order of \(3\!\cdot\! 10^{10}\) US dollar were exported from  the USSR to support the dynasty of Cuban dictators. Formally, the money were declared as a credit for development of the Cuban industry. Practically, the money were spent for the luxury of the family Castro and the diplomats arranged the treat. For year 2013, the Russian–Cuban corruptioners are successful in laundry of 90% of that money .

It is believed, that the world-wide biggest money laundry affair is organised by Vladimir Putin and his friends .

Terror
The money laundering of the leaders of various kinds of dictatorships appears as a fuel, as an engine for various kinds of terror: For the political repressions inside the totalitaristic countries, for the sparse terroristic acts in foreign countries and also for the massive invasion to neighbour countries with military troops. Also, the money laundering seems to be the dominant source for the budget of the election frauds, that provide conditions for the invasions and other kinds of terrorism.

2016.05.24, Vladimir Kara-Murza indicates, that stopping of the money laundering of the Russian mafia on civilised countries is very important; with such kind of help, he hopes, the Russian people can stop the terror of the Russian administration and establish the democracy :  .. Of our friends in the West we ask only one thing. Stay true to your values. We are not asking for your support. It is our task to change Russia, and we will to it ourselves. The only thing we ask from you is that you stop supporting Mr.Putin by treating him as respectable and worthy partner on the world stage. And above all, by allowing his cronies to use your countries as havens for their looted wealth. And please stop falling for the lie that Russians are somehow uniquely unsuited, incapable, not ready for democracy. We are suited. We are capable. We are ready. And we will get there, just like you. ..

The ideas by Kara-Murza seems to be understood by the administration of Western countries.

2016.07.28. the NYTimes indicate, that the USA administration begins tracking the secret buyers of luxury

2016.10.13, Juliette Garside (The Guardian) indicates that the properties of corruptioners (including that of the Russian KGB agents) can be arrested and expropriated upon the new regulation about "dirty money" .

2016.12.06, Margaret Hodge (The Times) indicates, that Britain must not be a safe haven for money launderers .

2017.03.20, The Guardian indicate, that Britain’s high street banks processed nearly dollaR740m from a vast money-laundering operation run by Russian criminals with links to the Russian government and the KGB.

Resistance
Certain efforts of the Western administration are reported to stop the Money laundering, or, at least, to reduce the scale of this phenomenon.

2018,01.28, the USA Congress publishes the list of 210 rich Russians, believed to be criminals and to hide their treasures in America. Theu are reported to belong the Butin's mafia; any business with these persons is supposed to be, softly speaking, dangerous.

2018.02.03, Francis Elliott indicates that Russians in Britain told to reveal their riches

Keywords
Corruption, Russia, Nine angry women in the pool, Terror