Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (i.e. dirty money) appear legal (i.e. clean). Typically, it involves three steps: placement, layering, and integration. First, the illegitimate funds are furtively introduced into the legitimate financial system.
Here is information about a currency bill, According to the Bureau of Engraving: * Our present sized currency measures 2.61 inches wide by 6.14 inches long, and the thickness is .0043 inches. * The approximate weight of a currency note, regardless of denomination is (1) one gram. $1,000,000 is 10,000 $100 bills, which weighs 10 kg or about 22 pounds. If stacked in one stack, the height would be 43 inches high or about three and one half feet. Easy to carry in a briefcase if that is what you had in mind.
First consider a million: 1  One million is a thousand thousands. 2  One million is a 1 with six zeros after it, denoted by 1,000,000. 3  One million seconds is about 11 and a half days. 4  One million pennies stacked on top of each other would make a tower nearly a mile high. 5  If you earn $45,000 a year, it would take 22 years to amass a fortune of one 6  ... Oneillions. Next up is one billion: 1  One billion is a thousand millions. 2  One billion is a 1 with nine zeros after it, denoted by 1,000,000,000. 3  One billion seconds is about 31 and a half years.