Russian Federation
The emergence of the concept of «money laundering» in international law. It analyzes the genesis of the concept of «money laundering» and its relationship with the domestic term «legalization of proceeds from crime». The article presents modern methods of legalizing criminal proceeds and identifies a number of signs that may indicate the legalization of funds. As a result, the authors have identified the areas of practical activity of Rosfinmonitoring and law enforcement agencies in the detection and investigation of this type of crime, which should be based on the identification and study of the material objects of the criminal system, and have identified the elements of such a system.
money laundering, legalization of proceeds from crime, Rosfinmonitoring, crime detection, crime investigation
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