# Anti Money Laundering 
 [Money laundering](money-laundering.md) is a criminal activity in which the provenance of money associated with a crime are obscured by passing the funds through legitimate businesses to obscure their origin.

Crypto assets are used as a vehicle for money laundering.

See also [illicit financing](illicit-financing.md), [KYC](kyc.md) and [sanctions enforcement](sanctions-enforcement.md).

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