ACAMS Today Magazine (March-May 2011) Vol. 10 No. 2 | Page 59

AML POLICY Figure 1: Total number of inbound FDI projects by country. they suggest that illicit money flows influence both the choice of host countries for FDI and the volume of FDI outflows to these countries. Their paper estimates that 10 percent of total FDI flows and over half of FDI to money laundering countries are intended to facilitate illicit money flows. Money laundering stages, shell and front companies, trusts, nominees and other corporate vehicles Foreign investments by their nature can be used for money laundering purposes in vari