SCOPE, STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
SCOPE, STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Summary/Abstract: Money laundering as a highly sophisticated organized crime represents a challenge and threat for many aspects not only at the state level, but also in the world. Corruption "blooms" everywhere, in every phase of social life, globalization contributes to criminal groups connecting with each other much more easily, and the logical consequence of this is the expansion of money laundering as a not so new phenomenon, which is not only on a global level, but affects in the daily life of the individual. The very purpose of committing criminal acts is profit, that is, maximizing the profit from the illegal activities they perform. And this only confirms the fact that man is a social being, whose desire for wealth, for a high social status for himself and his family, for a comprehensive well-being is unlimited. Human ambitions are a bottomless abyss. However, he is aware that the legal possibilities to acquire such wealth and prosperity are limited. And that is precisely why he resorts to illicit, illegal activities in order to achieve that desire for wealth, status, and reputation in society. By resorting to these illegal activities, he will undoubtedly make a profit, but since that profit cannot be presented as legal earnings, he approaches the study of ways to legitimize that profit and how to present it as legal and enjoy its benefits legally.

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