Originally Posted by
LiarSOB
There is one thing, every country agrees upon, and that is the international anti-money-laundering laws, that say that every individual and entity with any (combination of) accounts more than $10,000 in any country, must declare all of it. This is why even your tourist customs forms have that line too.
The main thing is that you get robbed by someone legally
But now, add that any country can couple this with any of its ad-hoc taxation penalty laws as they make them up as they go along, and then you are robbed, with absolutely no protection. So, the question is this, are these laws really anti-money-laundering, or are they just a control measure to lock you into wherever some power wants you?
At least 100 years ago your trade routes were robbed by individual cities where you seeked a point of sale. Now you are robbed by the international cooperation of all powers. HAHAHA