The government estimates that 4m hectares were bought with ill-gotten money.

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The money necessary to support their ill-gotten shelter was ours.

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Under pressure from rich countries, the legislature this week passed two laws that make money-laundering illegal for all ill-gotten loot, not just that of drug-smugglers.

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The researchers speculated that dirty money acts as a subliminal prime towards dodgy dealing and ill-gotten gains.

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