What is the main objective of the placement stage in the money laundering process? a. to place "clean" money into the legal financial system
b. to change the owner of assets
c. to separate the illegal funds from the criminal and obscure the start of an audit trail
d. to increase the value of the illicit cash

to place "clean" money into the legal financial system.

Explanation:

The Placement Stage (Filtering): This stage represents the initial entry of the “dirty” cash or proceeds of crime into the financial system. In this stage, the criminal relieves himself of holding and guarding large amounts of bulky of cash and the money is placed into the legitimate financial system.

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