Investigating Drug Trafficking Incomes with Emphasis on Money Laundering

Nowadays, the phenomenon of drugs and related crimes has become a major problem for many countries in the world. The only manifestation of organized crime currently prevalent in the Islamic Republic of Iran is narcotics, which is considered as a transnational organized crime because its main purpose is to gain economic benefits since it is not carried out all over the country. . Four decades of counter-narcotics action in the country, despite the enormous financial and moral costs, has not produced the desired results. Money laundering is one of the reasons. Some of the illegal activities carried out by criminal gangs and groups, such as drug trafficking and money laundering, have become widespread worldwide and involve most countries around the world, such as the enslavement of destructive and destructive effects on security, the economy, politics and other essential pillars of countries.

This is a descriptive-analytic applied utilizing referenced articles, library and documentary studies to examine drug trafficking gangs, and proceeds from drug sales and purification of these revenues.

The formulation and adoption of appropriate, comprehensive domestic, multilateral or international laws and regulations can be effective in combating money laundering resulting from drug trafficking as an organized crime.

Surveys in documents and resources show that providing anti-drug trafficking strategies and on the other hand formulating sound money laundering laws that can be enforced are among suitable measures in preventing money laundering from becoming legal.