CEAF Module-1: Risks & Methods of Money Laundering Quiz
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What is the main goal of money laundering?

  • To promote legal activities
  • To disguise the source of funds (correct)
  • To generate substantial profits
  • To attract attention to criminal activities
  • What activities can lead to money laundering?

  • Charitable donations
  • Illegal arms sales and narcotics trafficking (correct)
  • Real estate transactions
  • Stock market investments
  • What role does the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) play in combating money laundering?

  • Setting standards and fostering international action against money laundering (correct)
  • Dispelling the notion that money laundering only involves cash transactions
  • Creating the Group of Seven industrialized nations
  • Fostering international action against legal activities
  • How does money laundering help criminals achieve their goals?

    <p>By disguising the source of funds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of disguising the source of funds in money laundering?

    <p>To make dirty money look clean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some criminal activities that lead to money laundering?

    <p>Embezzlement, insider trading, and computer fraud schemes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Palermo Convention define as money laundering?

    <p>The conversion or transfer of property, knowing it is derived from a criminal offense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an important prerequisite in the definition of money laundering?

    <p>Knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do FATF’s 40 Recommendations on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing state about proving the offense of money laundering?

    <p>The intent and knowledge required to prove the offense includes the concept that such a mental state may be inferred from objective factual circumstances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What legal principle do several jurisdictions use in money laundering cases to prove knowledge?

    <p>Wilful blindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did FATF expand its mandate to address after the events on September 11, 2001?

    <p>Terrorist financing (CFT)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can both terrorists and money launderers use to move their money in ways to avoid detection?

    <p>Structuring payments to avoid reporting and use of underground banking or value transfer systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes terrorist financing from funds destined for money laundering?

    <p>Terrorist financing involves perfectly legitimate funds</p> Signup and view all the answers

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