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  "id": 6120299,
  "title": "Odd Lots: Why Money Launderers Love $100 Bills (Podcast)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/odd-lots-why-money-launderers-love-100-bills-podcast",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-07T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-09-07/odd-lots-why-money-launderers-love-100-bills-podcast"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hardly anyone nowadays seems to carry much cash, never mind carrying around a bunch of $100 bills. So why does the amount of physical cash in circulation — especially big denominations like the $100 bill — keep increasing? There’s a pretty obvious answer. All those dollars are being laundered and used by criminal enterprises. In this episode, we speak with journalist Oliver Bullough, author of…",
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        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Why Money Launderers Love $100 Bills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/why-money-launderers-love-100-bills",
        "published": "2026-09-07T08:15:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}