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money laundering
, including tipping off a money 
launderer (or suspected money launderer) and failing to report reasonable suspicions. 
There are 
three categories of criminal offences 
under the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (HMSO, 1993).

Laundering
: acquisition, possession or use of the proceeds of criminal conduct, or assisting 
another to retain the proceeds of criminal conduct and concealing, disguising, converting, 
transferring or removing criminal property. This relates to the nature, source, location, 
disposition, movement or ownership of the property. Money laundering includes possession of the 
proceeds of one's own crime and facilitating any handling or possession of criminal property, 
which may take any form, including in money or money's worth, securities, tangible property and 
intangible property. 

Failure to report 
by an individual: failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering 
(suspicion is more than mere speculation, but falls short of proof or knowledge) 

Tipping off
: disclosing information to any person if disclosure may prejudice an investigation into, 
drug trafficking, drug money laundering, terrorist-related activities, or laundering the proceeds of 
criminal conduct 
For the purposes of laundering, '
criminal property
' is property which the alleged offender knows (or 
suspects) constitutes or represents being related to any criminal conduct. This is any conduct that 
constitutes or would constitute an offence in the UK. 
In relation to 
laundering
, a person may have a 
defence 
if they make a disclosure to the authorities: 

As soon as possible after the transaction 
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CHAPTER 10
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IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING FRAUD