Question

Which stage of the money laundering process occurs when the laundered funds are put back into the legitimate economic and financial system and mixed with legitimate earnings in the economy?

Answer 1

This stage of money laundering process is integration. This is the final stage where it involves putting back the money into the financial system concealed as legitimate business earnings such as securities, businesses or real state and mixing it with other assets so it cannot be distinguished. The known methods used in integration process are property dealing, front companies and false loans, foreign bank complicity and false import/export invoices.