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How do you determine who has been hoarding undeclared income as cash over the last 20 years? Random raids?

In the US, cash transactions over a certain limit get reported to the government. Even if you manage to hoard a bunch of cash, it's surprisingly hard to spend without drawing attention to yourself.

> cash transactions over a certain limit get reported to the government.

Who reports it? So let's say I pay a bribe of $1 million for some significant but slightly illegal favor. Will the 'bribee' report it, or is it the briber?

Where did the money come from? And what will the bribee do with it? Is there a separate bribe economy, where people bribe each other and never use the money to buy houses and cars?

The Ministry of Finance has done this exercise with the help of Income Tax Department. They report that the unaccounted income in cash is approx. 6%.

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