If no one knows about your dirty money why do you need to launder it

Question

I know money from drugs, robberies, stolen goods, etc is “dirty” but, how does anyone know it’s dirty? Why can’t you just spend your money?

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Answer 1

If you can’t explain where you got the money, you can’t spend it. This is the definition of “dirty” money. Everybody knows it’s dirty, because when they ask you where you got it you can’t say. It’s mostly a problem with the Government, who takes your lack of a good story as proof of a crime and sends you to jail.