The criminal activity around currency is most prolific in the context of money. The transport of large amounts of it – in coins and note form – can be a precarious exercise. In spite of extensive security measures, the safety of transports of stashes have proven easy to penetrate.
In America, this sort of crime is now gaining ground. In some parts it’s considered safer to use cards than to handle physical money. This is due to the laundering of sets through the entire economy.
It’s possible for the cleverest of street criminals to ‘catch’ money as it “Falls” from tills in different parts of the country. It’s considered to be fun, but it’s more useful as a status tool in competitive crime.
The reality is much different from such antics in public. The range of abuses is so vast – and chilling – that many Police investigators have spent years studying it. There are always new twists and turns in the kinds of harm caused to others. The prevalence of torture makes it a deeply sinister scene.
The drivers that transport takings and collect and deliver money to banks run risks too. Their lives may be infiltrated. Their trucks may be tampered with. Their offices may be firebombed. It’s filled with so many hazards that simple journeys may take months longer to make sure it can continue.