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The more the world moves towards a cashless economy, the harder it becomes for an average person to participate in money laundering

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In a world where every swipe and tap leaves a digital breadcrumb, the once‑shrouded art of money laundering is getting a little too high‑tech for the average con‑artist. Banks and regulators now have a full‑featured crime‑tracking service built into their software, while the grey and black markets are scrambling to keep up with the latest crypto‑mixer tricks. The result? Criminals are either learning to code, shelling out for shell companies, or simply getting a little too clever for their own good.

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Digital payments leave trails, so banks and regulators can trace flows and flag patterns. That makes laundering much harder for an average person.

Professional criminals shift to crypto mixers, shell companies, or trade‑based schemes, but that is not most people.

The grey/black market usually leads the way in adoption on new technology. As someone who, in the past, has participated in these markets, after reading about traditional methods of laundering, I had decided to kinda forge a way. I found the digital methods to be infinitely easier and less time‑consuming. I was also able to keep losses under 28% while doing so, which appeared better than traditional methods. This was an amount less than $10k a month.

Edit: Have pneumonia. English hard.

Realistically, not having to deal with physical currency should make the process infinitely easier.

The more the world moves towards a cashless economy, they are less steps to the absolute authoritarian government.

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”

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TL;DR​

Money launderers are now forced to become part‑time programmers, part‑time shell‑company owners, and full‑time crypto‑mixer‑enthusiasts. Meanwhile, the average criminal is still trying to figure out if they should keep their money in a piggy bank or a blockchain. The future of crime? It’s going to look a lot like a very expensive, very digital version of “The Great British Bake Off” – but instead of cakes, they’re baking illicit funds.