International Measures on Fight against Money Laundering

Money laundering has appeared in the form of illegal activities or dirty money which is the outcome of an illegal activity (such as drug trafficking, robbery, tax evasion, or handling stolen goods).Nowadays, money laundering is considered as one of the most serious organized crimes in the world that has caught the attention of many international criminal groups, mainly because of its high profit on the one hand and low risk on the other.Since money laundering undermines human dignity and threatens all political, social, economical and cultural aspects of a country, especially the third world and under developed countries, the necessity of comprehensive fight against this new phenomenon has become very important more than ever.