@PATAX  To jump or not to jump: If you wanted to be part of the team - let alone being the team leader - you **bleep** well would.

@BobKamman  RE: perfect vs the enemy of good.  Call me a cynic, but I've for a long time conceded that unless greed and thirst for power are removed from the human DNA, there is no perfect solution for many problems.  There are always loopholes to rule of law.  I remember vividly a scene from Criminal Minds, where the wiz Dr. Reed profiled that a young man would definitely become a sadistic sex offender, but the FBI had to release him.  Reed asked the seasoned agent Gideon what if the young man did the crime.  Gideon said, "Then we catch him."   That's as good as our system gets.  I think CTA provisions are useful in that they tag on additional charges against money launderers - when they are charged (as leverage for settlement or investigation of conspirators), or found guilty (for punishment).  Just like gun laws.  Just like tax evasion provisions.  They work squat for prevention.  Only the removal of greed and thirst for power would.  Arguably, if the world was ruled by a benevolent dictator, it would get a lot closer to "perfect".