Specificities of money laundering in the banking sector

The aim of this paper is to point out the basic peculiarities of money laundering in the banking sector. Money laundering is a global problem to which no country in the world is immune. It represents a derivative form of criminality, because, as a rule, it is always preceded by a criminal offense or several offenses on the basis of which the property gain has been obtained, or the money for which there is a need to be laundered and appear as legal. Modalities of money laundering are different, and the author will point out various types of money laundering through the banking sector.