Because high-value Pokemon cards are portable, unregulated, and easily sold, they have become a vehicle for illegal money laundering. Criminals use dirty cash to buy up collections at or above the standard pokemon card price from unwitting sellers or retail stores. They then legally sell these cards to legitimate collectors, effectively cleaning their illicit money. Brokers who facilitate this illegal exploit often operate in the shadows of underground forums, connecting drug traffickers and cybercriminals with legitimate buyers to wash their funds through the pokemon card price market.
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