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World Money Laundering Report Volume 12 Number 4 Published 19 September 2013ISSN: 1473-3439 In this issue** US Judge sets a precedent: Bitcoin is money and may be the subject of an investment contract.It's pleasing to note that a US Federal Court - albeit at first instance - agrees with the analysis in WMLR Volume 12 Number 3 that Bitcoin is money but is not an investment per se. Bitcoin may, however, be the subject of an investment contract. ** Flying with Broken Wings: Peregrine's continued crash to earth.The débâcle that was Peregrine Financial Group won't lie still even though it's dead. And the company's bankers are now in the firing line. ** Levin's back on the trail of money launderers.Sometimes one has to feel sympathy for Senator Carl Levin. All he's trying to do is to bring the USA into line with the counter-money laundering laws of other countries. He's repeatedly frustrated. Indeed, his only material success was in sliding his Bills for dealing with correspondent banking and foreign dealings in USD into the USA PATRIOT Act after similar provisions had been kicked out of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.He's at it again. And this time he's taking on constitutional issues setting federal interests against those of the states. ** Immigration controls as a means of combating financial crimeA report in The Sunday Times in June 2013 said that UK Home Secretary Theresa May is considering imposing a requirement that visitors from countries deemed "high risk" deposit substantial "visa bonds" as a condition of entry to the UK. It's not the only country considering or even adopting different standards. And it's not a new idea. Will it work? ---------------------------------------------World Money Laundering Report is a publication of Vortex Centrum Ltd, a UK corporation, part of The Anti Money Laundering Network. First published in 1999, WMLR is the leading publication for counter-money laundering professionals worldwide.