the.com/launder
Where dirty money goes to take a bath and come out respectable.
word rootFrom Latin lavare, the same source as lavatory
the three stepsPlacement, layering, integration: crime's spin cycle
scaleUp to 5 percent of global GDP cleaned yearly
origin mythLinked to Capone's literal cash-only laundromats
clean againMoney mules unknowingly do the rinsing for cartels