Criminalization of money laundering

Money laundering is a new term in Iranian Judicial system which has been disputed over the last few years. In the international level, legal show off of illegal incomes & proceeds are known as money laundering in the second half of the 20th century. Because this phenomenon has several negative effects on economy, security, policy, etc, in international & regional organizations have contrived solutions to cope with this phenomenon. One of this solutions is "criminalization" of money laundering. This paper seeks to answer this question: Is criminalization of money laundering possible according to Fegh-h doctrines in Iranian Judicial system?First, some critiques on money laundering is discussed, then, some documents that justify the criminalization of money laundering are expressed. In this part, "international & regional documents" & "domestic documents" including Fegh-h documents & "judicial documents" including 40th article of constitution on fighting against money laundering are discussed.