You cannot hope to stop money laundering through tracking of all monetary flows, without putting the entire world under mandatory surveillance. The only viable

You cannot hope to stop money laundering through tracking of all monetary flows, without putting the entire world under mandatory surveillance. The only viable solution, that respects liberal democratic norms, is to limit the underlying crimes that provide the criminals with their illicit revenue: so prevent and prosecute hacks, drug trafficking, theft, extortion, etc. And do so using means that respect the general population's rights: searches and covert targeted surveillance with warrants, informants, interviews of witnesses, examination of public data, etc. The so-called AML movement justifies broad violations of the rights of the general population.