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IntermediateFinancial Intelligence
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Trade-Based Money Laundering

Compare the invoice, the shipment, the customs line, and the payment. The laundering, when it is there, is the gap between them.

The memo line says tiles. The container weighs about as much as a polite excuse.

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The Chief(Owl)

"Put the four documents in one note. If they still agree, you may not have a scheme. You may have trade."

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