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Apropos of this I just heard on the radio about the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery initiative[1] which tries to recover "misappropriated" funds from corrupt officials who primarily launder money by buying real estate in the US through off shore shell companies.

[1]http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/10/13/497706638/w...

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And now I wonder if bitcoin like moneys have a real advantage against this..

There are advantages to arms length transactions, and ownership that is determined by possession as much as records held somewhere. It's nice to be able to escape your country with some of the wealth your family has built up when a dictator takes over. Or maybe, it is only necessary to shelter that wealth for a short time during a period of relative political insanity.

Of course those same abilities enable organized crime, and the ability of dictators to destroy their own countries, then live decadent lives in a country that wasn't ruined by people like themselves.

Sounds similar to "right to be forgotten" in web index.

Any links / which radio, which country, who's doing this? V interesting

They specifically called out Malaysia and Equatorial Guinea in the NPR story, but I'm sure there are many other countries involved, too.

http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/tag/kleptocracy-asset-recovery-...

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