ABSTRACT
By now, we have a pretty good idea of how important banks are to society and why. Just as banks are good at facilitating the everyday business of honest folks, so are they important to criminals and money launderers, and for the same reasons. As ˆnancial investigators, an understanding of how banks operate will give us a good perspective on the types of records they keep and how those records can be used in a money laundering or other investigation.
