[John7149]

The act of mixing or laundering isn't per se illegal. The issue is government couldn't track illegal activities generated funds used in that mixing. It is the same with encryption, it isnt wrong when you encrypt but government will hunt you down if you export that tech to others. They will also hunt you down if you dont modify you encryption tech to their liking quietly. Even court sided with government in every countries. If you mixing the money in jar with a bunch of crook, and refuse to cooperate with government, they will hunt you down. So the issue isnt really they can't do the mixing. They didnt want to cooperate with government. Hence what we see now is just normal government hunting. Macfee and Bobby Fischer had gone thru this and paid dearly for not cooperating with government - legal or not.

[dragonwriter]

> The act of mixing or laundering isn't per se illegal

Mixing maybe not, but money laundering is, per se, illegal.