There's a long list of prominent names being investigated or (not) prosecuted (basically scape-goating single employees): GS, Barclays, HSBC, UBS, Deutsche to

There's a long list of prominent names being investigated or (not) prosecuted (basically scape-goating single employees): GS, Barclays, HSBC, UBS, Deutsche to name the most prominent ones. And the (so far officially) biggest fish - Wachovia - and how this was (not) prosecuted, nobody really hold accountable, no (real) funds confiscated. A quick reminder on the size of that "business" (300 times bigger than Bitcoin even on the current blown-up total Bitcoin circulation): "... Wachovia was fined $50m and made to surrender $110m in proven drug profits, but was shown to have inadequately monitored a staggering $376bn through the casa de cambio over four years, of which $10bn was in cash..." ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/21/drug-cartels-banks-hsbc-money-laundering http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/21/drug-cartels-ban... and a longer article http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-d...) All this is going on for decades. And please also don't forget: Like individuals or (private) companies, governments and politicians are using the same means to make illicit funds appear or disappear.