United States v. Gamez’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (§ 1352 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 31 U.S.C. § 5313 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on Koon v. United States · Leary v. United States · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Turner v. United States · Pelaes v. United States
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“[G]iven the dangers of money laundering and the opportunities that it creates for drug dealers to engage in profitable drug trafficking, it is sensible to impose a heavier penalty when the government has clearly shown that the launderer had every reason to know he was dealing with a narcotics trafficker but chose to deliberately ignore the effect of his or her activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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