In the 20th century, one of the easiest ways to transfer and exchange articles of value was through the process of countertrade. A refugee fleeing Nazi Germany could carry the equivalent of thousands of dollars through rare postage stamps pasted on a used envelope.
Upon reaching a safe haven, these stamps could be traded at an exchange for money, other stamps, or bartered for something else. The system of money-laundering was efficient and
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