Report on Types of Money Laundering in China's Foreign Exchange Sector

Author: Anti-Money Laundering Research Team of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Based on the characteristics of case materials currently available, we analyze and summarize the features of money laundering activities in the foreign exchange sector from two aspects:
1. The operational characteristics and trading methods of various underground money transfer operations. Current cases of underground money transfer operations exhibit different characteristics in their transactions and operations due to the different regions where they occur. For example, underground money transfer operations in Heilongjiang Province are mostly related to cash transactions in border trade activities, while those in southeastern coastal provinces such as Fujian and Zhejiang primarily utilize the abundant private foreign exchange funds from remittances of overseas Chinese in these regions.
2. The purposes of engaging in illegal foreign exchange trading through channels such as underground money transfer operations. From the perspective of the purposes of engaging in illegal foreign exchange trading, some existing cases of illegal foreign exchange trading can be categorized into several types, including using illegal foreign exchange trading for false investment, export tax refund fraud, money laundering, and suspected money laundering of smuggling proceeds.
Compiling the China Foreign Exchange Sector Money Laundering Typologies Report, on the one hand, aims to enhance the sensitivity and identification capabilities of banks and other financial institutions to money laundering activities, as well as improve the effectiveness of the Administration of Foreign Exchange in identifying and tracking suspicious leads in foreign exchange-related illegal cases. On the other hand, it also helps to summarize money laundering models and monitoring indicators for illegal activities in the foreign exchange sector, thereby elevating the automated monitoring and artificial intelligence analysis capabilities of the anti-money laundering information system. Additionally, it can effectively strengthen public awareness campaigns, enhance public understanding of anti-money laundering efforts, and elevate the international influence of China's anti-money laundering work.