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Old 06-15-2007, 04:02 AM  
fluffygrrl
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Money Laundering Regulations 2003 (UK) - [...]dealers in high value goods (including auctioneers) whenever a transaction involves accepting a total cash payment equivalent to €15,000 (around £10,000) or more[...] the Regulations now require businesses that deal in goods and accept cash equivalent to 15,000 euro (around £10,000) to register with HM Revenue & Customs and implement anti-money laundering procedures.[...]

Canada's Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) - There is a series of requirements for reporting whenever currency and/or negotiable monetary instruments are physically moved into or out of Canada. The threshold for reporting has been set at CAD 10,000.

The Bank Secrecy Act (US) requires the filing of a currency transaction report for transactions of $10,000.00 or more. Also, Title 31 of the United States Code, section 5324 (US): No person shall, for the purpose of evading the reporting requirements of section 5313 (a) or 5325 or any regulation prescribed under any such section, the reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed by any order issued under section 5326, or the recordkeeping requirements imposed by any regulation prescribed under section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91–508— [...] (3) structure or assist in structuring, or attempt to structure or assist in structuring, any transaction with one or more domestic financial institutions.

In general, each country has it's own limits, but most are around 10k$ (France has one of the lowest at 3,000 euro, which would be about 5k US)
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