Couldn't agree more, money laundering is just their way to get their money clean from all the illegal activities they did behind the curtains, mostly, there is a big organization that we couldn't even imagine behind these things and those kinds of people you've mentioned are all connected and part of the big organization, if not, they are just under their payroll especially these high ranking police officers and government officials.
- To all those who commented here in the thread section, you said that this is the exact reason why there is money laundering. this is accurate and correct for my understanding as well, only big syndicates or organizations can do such things in real life.
And the sad thing is that it cannot be denied that there are some government officials with high positions involved in this matter because of are corrupt politicians. This happens in different countries and as far as I know, there are others who have been caught in that kind of thing. The others avoid a large percentage of the tax because they engage in money laundering even though they know it is illegal, they still do it.