How do mobs and cartels pay their employees without essential identifying their entire network

Question

And how do those at the top buy those mansions and estates. I can’t imagine they’ve got a mortgage nor can I imagine then paying in heaps of cash

In: Economics

Answer 1

Money laundering.

Then they withdraw from clean bank account to pay their employees and expenses.

As for how money laundering works you can eli5 it or watch the Ozarks