Lasky: “Let’s be frank, a lot more money has been laundered through large banks than has been laundered through virtual currency.”
The real money laundering folks laugh at bitcoin. Too small, too open.They use the banks, where "paper trails" are shreddable, and people can be bought.
The blockchain is open and buying it is more expensive than all the money they could launder with it.
That as much as anything else was Satoshi's design genius.
Yes, banks can be used to launder money too, but the bankers themselves are in control, so that's why they don't mind. You see?