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List of individuals or entities subject to financial sanctions or restrictions.

Verification of transactions and customers against international sanctions lists.

Separation of responsibilities in financial processes to prevent fraud.

The risk that a party will not meet its obligations in a financial transaction.

Parallel financial system operating outside traditional regulation.

Bank with no physical presence and no real operations, used to hide funds.

Front company with no real operations used to launder money.

Trusts with no real activity used to hide assets or financial transfers.

Fictitious transactions created to justify illicit financial movements.

Misuse of smart contracts to facilitate illicit transactions.

Risks associated with the misuse of smart contracts in blockchain.

Division of large amounts of money into small transactions to avoid detection.

Identification and documentation of the origin of funds or financial assets.

Origin of the financial resources used in a transaction.

Origin of an individual's total wealth, such as investments or inheritance.

Manipulation of financial data or identities to hide the origin of funds.

Strategy of making multiple small transactions to avoid reporting limits.

Temporary accounts used to investigate funds of unknown origin.

Report sent to the authorities on suspicious financial activities.

Identification of unusual patterns that may indicate money laundering.

Creation of fictitious banking services to move illicit money.

Creation of fictitious identities by combining real and false information to commit fraud.

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