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Picture of amazon forest in Para Brazil, devastated by illegal mining
_____ Photo: Marcos Amend/Greenpeace
In the social scope, the main impact factors on the phenomenon under
study are inferred from the impacts present in the other dimensions of
the PESTLE model and the characteristics necessary for the actors that
make up the phenomenon. In this way, the following aspects stand out:
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Typical social profile;
• Geographic location.
The actors
involved in the phenomenon of money laundering are grouped into two
primary groups, those who commit money laundering – bad people – and
those who fight this phenomenon – good people. Within the group that
commits the crime of money laundering, we can create a new grouping,
those who are directly interested – the main actors – and those who
operate in the system as supporting actors, providing the conditions for
the phenomenon to occur. In the group that combats the phenomenon, we
can subdivide it into two subgroups: those that are effectively in the
system – the executive agents who are where the operations effectively
take place – and those that monitor the executive agents – called
supervisors. Figure 1 represents the grouping proposed by this report of
the actors that make up the phenomenon under study. The main
personalities of the leading actor's group are: Public agents, big
companies, and criminal organizations. The group of supporting actors
are: Specialized intermediaries, shell companies, and the intermediary.