Small businesses make the fight against money laundering difficult. If prefects increase the number of administrative closures of small businesses, few cases actually come before the courts.
Raphaël Balland, Béziers prosecutor, recognizes that “the proliferation of this type of trade obviously raises the question of money laundering. We can suspect it, but we must also prove it. However, as far as I am concerned, I am limited in the number. of judicial police investigators able to work…