Integration

Once the funds are layered and distanced from their origins, they are made available to criminals to use and control as apparently legitimate funds. This final stage in the money laundering process is called integration. The laundered funds are made available for activities such as investment in legitimate or illegitimate businesses, or spent to promote the criminal's lifestyle. At this stage the illegal money has achieved the appearance of legitimacy.

It should be noted that not all money laundering transactions go through this three-stage process. Transactions designed to launder funds can also be effected in one or two stages, depending on the money laundering technique being used. Durnity Daman Commission vs Md Tarique Rahman, 68 DLR 500