Money laundering is just a corollary crime here.
The real crime is influence peddling and bribery. This is a sideways payment for something.
The ART world needs to be heavily taxed and scrutinized.
These artworks gain 'value' disproportionate to their actual value leading to the white collar criminals taking loans and credit lines out backed by what is just worthless painted paper.
It builds a house of cards that eventually crumbles and these assholes have the money to shield themselves from inflation while we suffer their manipulation.
tldr: Art should not be allowed to be used as collateral. Its shady as fuck.
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