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Basically every desert parlour in the UK, particular Treatz and Creams.

I wonder if anyone keeps stats on "number of obvious fronts on the high street over time". Between those and betting shops etc. it'd be interesting to see what proportion of businesses on the high street are truly "legitimate regular businesses for normal people" like cafés, shops etc.

Fast-food restaurant chain

Banana stand

Bananas can't stand.

You just can't stand bananas.

Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like banana.

I'd like a banana hammock!

To be fair, there’s always money in the banana stand.

In the US, the feds pay close attention to businesses like car washes, coffee stands, and taco trucks because these are often used for laundering.

There was a period where it seemed like they were doing some data crunching of IRS data and taking down domestic drug trafficking orgs (DTOs) this way, and a bunch of businesses were raided and shut down across the region I was in at the time.

Personally, I wouldn't do any of those and would launder through art and collectibles where the values are somewhat arbitrary. And "consulting".