Reposted from National Crime Agency

Storage facilities are often used to store high value artworks and other cultural objects, due to the special conditions required to prevent damage, or for security reasons. Such facilities provide a discreet and secure storage service to art collectors, but also represent money laundering and terrorist financing vulnerabilities.Some other entities offer storage services in addition to their main business purpose, which may include logistics, packing, transport, removals, installations, gallery displays, restorations, valuations, auction representations and sales, and online/physical retail sales.Such services may be manipulated by criminals in order to facilitate illicit activity. Criminals may recruit professional enablers working in these fields to assist them in obfuscating and conducting criminal activity through wilful blindness and/or active participation. Illicit activity may be hidden amongst legitimate activity, making it harder to detect.

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