# Policy brief 04/2014: Regulating luxury investments: What dirty money can’t buy

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/policy-brief-04-2014-regulating-luxury-investments
Type: Publication or report
Published: 2014-06-19
Updated: 2020-04-06

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19 June 2014

Most international standards and law enforcement agencies focus their efforts on fighting money laundering by banks and financial institutions. However, several non-financial sectors, such as real estate and luxury goods, are extremely vulnerable to illicit financial flows. Now is the time to clean up the sector and close this loophole for the corrupt.

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