From Israel to Colombia, who’s laundering money in China
By ERIKA KINETZ, Associated Press
Published: March 28, 2016, 12:30pm
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SHANGHAI — China is emerging as a global hub for money laundering, not just for Chinese but for criminals around the world, The Associated Press has found. There are a number of options in China for cleaning dirty money, including through major state-run banks, import-export schemes, and informal money transfer systems that date back a millennium, according to recent police investigations and lawsuits in Europe and the United States.
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