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Money Laundering Research Related to Brazil
Money Laundering in Brazil
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the issue of money
laundering, giving a special focus in Brazil’s situation after the enactment of
Law 9,613 in 1998. It is organized as follows: Section II defines money laundering
and the origin of the term, emphasizing the difference between money laundering and
tax evasion. Section III explains the whole process of money laundering and some
techniques used for this purpose. Section IV presents the international efforts to combat
money laundering and also discusses the macroeconomic effects of it. Finally,
Section V analyses the situation of Brazil in the implementation of recent countermeasures
against money laundering.
Andrea Frota Machado de Morais
George Washingston University
Fall 2000

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