PRESENTED BY: Mohd. Razik Khan

Roll no.- 67

Department-Mechanical

MONEY LAUNDRY

The process of creating the appearance that large amounts of money obtained from serious crimes, such as drug trafficking or terrorist activity, originated from a legitimate source.

Definition:-

Money lau ndering happens in almost every country in the world, and a single scheme typically involves transferring money through several countries in order to obscure its origins. Money laundering, at its simplest, is the act of making money that comes from Source A look like it comes from Source B. In practice, criminals are trying to disguise the origins of money obtained through illegal activities so it looks like it was obtained from legal sources. Otherwise, they can't use the money because it would connect them to the criminal activity, and law-enforcement officials would seize it..

Basic Introduction:-

: Money laundering is commonly occurring in three steps: the first step involves introducing cash into the financial system by some means ("placement"); the second involves carrying out complex financial transactions to camouflage the illegal source ("layering"); and the final step entails acquiring wealth generated from the transactions of the illicit funds ("integration"). Some of these steps may be omitted, depending on the circumstances; for example, non-cash proceeds that are already in the financial system would have no need for placement.[3]

Methods:-

Often known as smurfing, this is a method of placement whereby cash is broken into smaller deposits of money, used to defeat suspicion of money laundering and to avoid anti–money laundering reporting requirements. A sub-component of this is to use smaller amounts of cash to purchase bearer instruments, such as money orders, and then ultimately deposit those, again in small amounts.[6]

Structuring:-

Other ways:-Bulk cash smuggling: This involves physically smuggling cash

to another jurisdiction and depositing it in a financial institution, such as an offshore bank, with greater bank secrecy or less rigorous money laundering enforcement.[7]

Cash-intensive businesses: In this method, a business typically involved in receiving cash uses its accounts to deposit both legitimate and criminally derived cash, claiming all of it as legitimate earnings. Service businesses are best suited to this method, as such businesses have no variable costs, and it is hard to detect discrepancies between revenues and costs. Examples are parking buildings, strip clubs, tanning beds, and casinos.

Trade-based laundering: This involves under- or overvaluing invoices to disguise the movement of money.[8]

Bank capture: In this case, money launderers or criminals buy a controlling interest in a bank, preferably in a jurisdiction with weak money laundering controls, and then move money through the bank without scrutiny.

Casinos: In this method, an individual walks into a casino with cash and buys chips, plays for a while, and then cashes in the chips, taking payment in a check, or just getting a receipt, claiming it as gambling winnings.[7]

Other gambling: Money is spent on gambling, preferably on higher odds. The wins are shown if the source for money is asked for, while the losses are hidden.

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Real estate: Someone purchases real estate with illegal proceeds and then sells the property. To outsiders, the proceeds from the sale look like legitimate income. Alternatively, the price of the property is manipulated: the seller agrees to a contract that underrepresents the value of the property, and receives criminal proceeds to make up the difference.[9]

Black salaries: A company may have unregistered employees without a written contract and pay them cash salaries. Black cash might be used to pay them.[10]

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Tax amnesties: For example, those that legalize unreported assets in tax havens and cash[11]

Fictional loansA goal of money laundering is to be able to

use the dirty money for private consumption. If unable to use it openly, the traditional way to keep the dirty money near is hiding it as cash at home or other places. A more modern method is a credit card connected to a tax haven bank.

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Shell companies and trusts: Trusts and shell companies disguise the true owner of money. Trusts and corporate vehicles, depending on the jurisdiction, need not disclose their true, beneficial, owner.[9]

Round-tripping: Here, money is deposited in a controlled foreign corporation offshore, preferably in a tax haven where minimal records are kept, and then shipped back as a foreign direct investment, exempt from taxation. A variant on this is to transfer money to a law firm or similar organization as funds on account of fees, then to cancel the retainer and, when the money is remitted, represent the sums received from the lawyers as a legacy under a will or proceeds of litigation.

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Anti–money laundering (AML) is a term mainly used in the financial and legal industries to describe the legal controls that require financial institutions and other regulated entities to prevent, detect, and report money laundering activities. Anti–money laundering guidelines came into prominence globally as a result of the formation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the promulgation of an international framework of anti–money laundering standards.[12] These standards began to have more relevance in 2000 and 2001, after FATF began a process to publicly identify countries that were deficient in their anti–money laundering laws and international cooperation, a process colloquially known as "name and shame".[13][14]

Prevention:

An effective AML program requires a jurisdiction to have criminalized money laundering, given the relevant regulators and police the powers and tools to investigate; be able to share information with other countries as appropriate; and require financial institutions to identify their customers, establish risk-based controls, keep records, and report suspicious activities

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India:In 2002, the Parliament of India passed an act

 called the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The main objectives of this act are to prevent money-laundering as well as to provide for confiscation of property either derived from or involved in, money-laundering.

The provisions of the Act are frequently reviewed and various amendments have been passed from time to time.[34][35]

Continued…The recent activity in money laundering in India is

through political parties, corporate companies and the shares market. It is investigated by the Enforcement Directorate and Indian Income Tax Department.[36]

Bank accountants must record all transactions over Rs. 10 Lakhs. Bank accountants must maintain this records for 10 years. Banks also must make cash transaction reports (CTRs) and suspicious transaction reports over RS. 10 Lakhs within 7 days of doubt. They must submit the report to the enforcement directorate and income tax department.[citation needed

Indian Black money stastics

If go into the deeper statistics of Indian black money which has proof it looks like this:

Year Black money

1990-2000 4.1lak crores

2006-2007 9.6lak crores

Present 15lak crores

Proposal to prevent Black money The following Government institutes have been approved in March, 2011 for conducting separate studies on black money: o National Institute of Public Finance and

Policy(NIPFP); o National Institute of Financial

Management(NIFM); and o National Council of Applied Economic

Research (NCAER).

continued…o The shown above statistics are the black

money which is in Switzerland.o This way Indian black money are stored in

almost 40 other countries.o Recent survey shows that as much as 50lak

crores black money crossed the borders of India in last 5 years.

Conclusiono In a book written by an Indian Mr.Arun Kumar,

said that the black money is around 40% of the Indian GDP.

o The Indian GDP is around Rs 61,64,000 crore that means the black money is around Rs 25,00,000 crore.

o If the black money is declared legal and shown in the books of accounts then the 30% of it will be taken as tax so as much as Rs 7,50,000 crore will come as revenue.

o

Continued…o That will more than the total tax collection

for the year. 2009-10 which stands at Rs 6,41,000 crore

o But it is not legal so none is going to declare it as legal because they will be behind bars.

o If it has to happen this should be another movie.

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