why do you have to declare “large” sums of cash money crossing over borders?

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I put large in quotes because rules vary, but it seems if I have alot of cash and want to travel and spend it somewhere I should be able to take it with me.

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The government knows all your bank transfers so if you do a crime and transfer the crime money by bank transfer, they can see where it went. But if you just withdraw the money and take it to the next person, they can’t see it. So they put checkpoints in certain places (border crossings) where you have to declare the money or else they steal it from you. This gives them a clue where the cash money is going.

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