> At 09:54 AM 3/7/00 -0500, Fisher Mark wrote:
> >Matter of fact, what a remailer network that does payment mixes for
> >anonymity _is_ money laundering, pure and simple. The essence of money
> >laundering is concealing where a glop of money comes from, which is exactly
> >what the PMFA is doing.
Well, no. You need an "illegal proceeds" element. If a remailer network is
intended to actually avoid reporting requirements (like CFRs) then it's another
problem entirely. It could be argued that such a network is for technical
anonymity and that the parties will file CTRs offline. I'm not sure that would
be very compelling, but there it is.
> Cash has been anonymous for eons, the concept of anonymous
> trade ("money laundering") being a crime is recent creation.
1986 to be specific.
