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I would do some more research on 18 USC 1956. Credit card processing for cannabis is a financial transaction for a specified unlawful activity under federal law.

§ 1956(c)(4) the term ‘‘financial transaction’’ means (B) a transaction involving the use of a financial institution which is engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce in any way or degree;

Recently I attended a seminar by the chief compliance officer of a major U.S. bank, who was a former head at FinCEN. He lamented that a large amount of AML resources go into identifying payment processors and related companies that work with the cannabis industry and closing their accounts as part of KYC/AML rules. It is a massive waste of resources that could be better spent on other money laundering detection.

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This leads me to a follow up question. Why no chapter devoted to Indonesia? You seem to cover most of South East Asia, but I didn't see any chapters devoted the largest country. Do you plan on doing more research in that area?