FEBRUARY 8, 2012, 5:29 PM

http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/02/08/doj-treasury-push-expansion-of-money-laundering-laws/?mod=google_news_blog

The mafia, drug traffickers and terrorist organizations are increasingly using shell companies, offshore havens and free trade zones to hide their money, according to Luke Bronin, the deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the Treasury Department. Money transmitters like check cashers and currency exchangers are also exploited by these groups because of their deficient anti-money laundering controls.