The fight against money laundering has been energetically introduced and developed into a global enforcement command. The policy areas of laundering and crime-money (criminally acquired assets) and computer crime are both relatively new. The anti-laundering policy is originally based on concerns about dangers stemming from organized crime. In law enforcement, various interests are at stake which requires a mutual balancing, such as protection against criminally inflicted harm. This paper reviews and compares the ways the policies in the two areas (money laundering and computer crime) evolved, and considers their foundations and the requirements of equity. The paper describes some aspects, aims, and evidence about the development of both policy areas starting with crime-money and its laundering. References