[91425] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cato forum tomorrow: should money laundering be a crime?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Dec 4 22:48:13 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.971204094148.7153H-100000@well.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:40:12 -0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
>Friday Noon. MONEY LAUNDERING - The Cato Institute holds a policy forum,
>"Should Money Laundering Be a Crime," with Lawrence Lindsey, AEI and
>former governor, Federal Reserve; Stephen Kroll, Treasury Department, and
>Richard Rahn, president, Novecon Corp.
> Location: Cato Institute, F.A. Hayek Auditorium, 1000
>Massachusetts Ave. NW.
> Contact: RSVP, James Markels, 202-789-5256.
I wish I had found out about this earlier. Are you planning to attend? =20
This topic, of course, is near the top of many libertarian e-commerce=
agendas. Almost every mainstream news article and regulatory report=
repeats the littany that Money Laundering, that is the movement of money to=
disguise it origin (even if there are no predicate offenses) must remain=
illegal because it damages or is a threat to the world banking and=
financial system (not just the tax take of governments), but I have yet to=
see any explanation of how and why. Anyone care to comment?
--Steve
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The push by western governments for financial transparency and=20
banning unrestricted use of cryptography is blatent politicial=20
tyranny.
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