I wouldn't dismiss it that quickly. The thing is, what criminal money laundering "is" can change drastically when new opportunities present themselves. It does

I wouldn't dismiss it that quickly. The thing is, what criminal money laundering "is" can change drastically when new opportunities present themselves. It does need to scale, but if it can be reasonably automated (or delegated to low- or unpaid grunts, like the work-from-home scams), individual transaction size can be quite small, and that may even be preferable.