Questão jurídica principal
Whether keeping criminal cash in a safe at a currency exchange office constitutes a laundering act under Art. 305bis CP.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Concealing the money in the exchange office, used as a temporary hiding place pending exchange, was capable of impeding discovery and confiscation.
Fundamentação extraída
Money laundering is an abstract endangerment offense; no actual hindrance is required. The conduct went beyond mere passive possession because the cash was hidden and not documented, and the office served as a cachette for a planned transaction.