Police Raid HONEY HONEY BAR for Underage Sex Workers

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Albror wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:22 pm
Arget wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:33 pm Money is not in their name or account . They hold the cards etc and only touch the money in a safe place after the girl withdraws it. They are always around the girl when she has the money you just will not see them walking beside her but not letting the money out of their sight. On $30k they only lose $300. Fair exchange for money laundering.
How does the money become laundred because a khmer girl withdrew it for you?
for example - You send the money to a girl in Cambodia we will call Srey Leak from whatever country you are in - she withdraws it and gives it to your friend. as far as records go your friend never touched the money only srey leak
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angkorjohn2 wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:43 pm
Albror wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:22 pm
Arget wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:33 pm Money is not in their name or account . They hold the cards etc and only touch the money in a safe place after the girl withdraws it. They are always around the girl when she has the money you just will not see them walking beside her but not letting the money out of their sight. On $30k they only lose $300. Fair exchange for money laundering.
How does the money become laundred because a khmer girl withdrew it for you?
for example - You send the money to a girl in Cambodia we will call Srey Leak from whatever country you are in - she withdraws it and gives it to your friend. as far as records go your friend never touched the money only srey leak

LOL ur joking ,right?
all sounds good EXCEPT it would not work in this day and age of money tracking and Bank reporting transfers of over $9,999<
Police would be all over her like flies on shit

The 2 ways now a days to safely transfer Untraceable amounts is
the Hawala way
or bit coin
and even they are not used by gangs...

I have heard from a friend of a friend...( cant revel to much) still working ( well at least till covid hit)
MOST money that needs to be moved untraceable, is still carried by people from A to B

awhile ago some Chinese were stopped in PP airport with a 3.5 million
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... nh-airport

FYI
NO One would EVER use a bank to launder money!!! :beer3:
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phuketrichard wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:16 pm . . . carried by people from A to B
. . .
NO One would EVER use a bank to launder money!!! :beer3:
lol
the 70's called and want their money laundering technique back
you are well placed for 70s advice i think, still being there

https://moderntokyonews.com/2020/09/22/ ... terrorism/

so was there sexytime at this place?
and underage workers?

it seems there's probably a deeper story to this

.

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Banks are used to launder money all the time, everywhere. It's the best way, just have a legit business and mix in the money that needs to be laundered. It's the only way that really scales well.

Bitcoin, ha ha. Try to cash out let's say $100,000,000 in bitcoins. Twice per month.
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I stand corrected
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streett ... id/987889/

BUT in my defense, 2 groups i personally know move large amounts ($ 100,000-500,000) by hand carry (pre covid)
and also i seriously doubt any one will send 20,50k to some random khmer girl that just opened a bank account in Cambodia an expect it to arrive hassle free
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phuketrichard wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:23 am I stand corrected
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streett ... id/987889/

BUT in my defense, 2 groups i personally know move large amounts ($ 100,000-500,000) by hand carry (pre covid)
and also i seriously doubt any one will send 20,50k to some random khmer girl that just opened a bank account in Cambodia an expect it to arrive hassle free
Yes please stand corrected.................

Of course they don't let the girl alone after money is sent and they ensure she is the patsy if things go wrong before they get their hands on the money. Same as using a mule for moving drugs, some get caught but majority gets through.

Please remain corrected. :hattip:
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angkorjohn2 wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:43 pm
Albror wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:22 pm
Arget wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:33 pm Money is not in their name or account . They hold the cards etc and only touch the money in a safe place after the girl withdraws it. They are always around the girl when she has the money you just will not see them walking beside her but not letting the money out of their sight. On $30k they only lose $300. Fair exchange for money laundering.
How does the money become laundred because a khmer girl withdrew it for you?
for example - You send the money to a girl in Cambodia we will call Srey Leak from whatever country you are in - she withdraws it and gives it to your friend. as far as records go your friend never touched the money only srey leak
Its stil not laundred, just relocated/trafficed.

Laundred money is in the system and appears legal. In your case its stil outside the system in cash form. He can not go to his bank and say that "srey leak gave it to me" when they ask about the origin of the money. Thus its not laundred.

People try alot of things. Another one is to buy a car and then sell it for a recievt. But then the tax authorities just ask where you got the money for the car in the first place and youre stil fucked.
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Won't work with any bank in Australia nor will it work in most other countries either.

Please see this:

... Australia's Westpac bank has negotiated to pay a record A$1.3bn (£0.7bn; $0.9bn) fine for the nation's biggest breach of money laundering laws. Last year, Australia's financial crime watchdog said the bank had failed to adequately report over 19 million international transactions...6 days ago.

Even Cambodia is part of the anti-money laundering reporting and tracing system these days.

You either need to ultra sophisticated in untraceable international money transfers through shell companies in dubious countries like Cyprus ,or ultra gullible/ill-informed to suggest that it works the way you are suggesting, with an uneducated, un-sophisticated, Cambodian bar girl as the recipient and not the actual owner and holder of the card in question.

Never mind daily card withdrawal limits imposed by local banks and card issuers.

And you need to bone up on IMoLIN and AMLID - please see here for your further education:

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money-la ... f=menuside

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money laundering.. isnt that what all the casinos are for?
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Bizarre how a thread about underage sex workers has turned into a discussion about money laundering and how much the banks are complicit in it.

This from just last week...big news (but not at all surprising) in the UK for a day or so....


HSBC allowed fraudsters to transfer millions of dollars around the world even after it had learned of their scam, leaked secret files show.

Britain's biggest bank moved the money through its US business to HSBC accounts in Hong Kong in 2013 and 2014.

Its role in the $80m (£62m) fraud is detailed in a leak of documents - banks' "suspicious activity reports" - that have been called the FinCEN Files.

HSBC says it has always met its legal duties on reporting such activity.

The files show the investment scam started soon after the bank was fined $1.9bn (£1.4bn) in the US over money laundering. It had promised to clamp down on these sorts of practices.

The scam was a Ponzi scheme - a notorious type of investment racket that pays existing stakeholders with money collected from new members.



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54225572
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