A legally registered entity engaged in offering goods or services. These businesses typically maintain financial accounts for managing customer payments, supplier invoices, payroll, and general operations.
Main/
Commercial Business
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Code
AT0021
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Name
Commercial Business
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Version
1.0
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Category
Corporate & Commercial Entities
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Created
2025-02-26
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Modified
2025-04-02
Related Techniques
- Travel agencies and similar businesses may unwittingly facilitate cross-border cash smuggling by organizing travel itineraries.
- Criminals mask illicit transport under legitimate trips, reducing financial institutions' ability to spot suspicious cross-border movements.
Commercial businesses are frequent extortion targets, compelled to pay under threat of harm or disruption.
- The owners or operators are unwittingly exploited when their coerced payments become illicit proceeds.
- While not active participants in laundering, their forced outflows feed the criminal revenue streams needing concealment.