18 U.S.C. Sec. 1957 UNLAWFUL MONETARY TRANSACTIONS IN CRIMINALLY DERIVED PROPERTY is a federal law that prohibits the knowing, intentional, and willful conduct of any financial transaction involving funds that were obtained through criminal activity. The law applies to any individual who knowingly engages in a financial transaction involving any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly from specified unlawful activity, with the intent either to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity or to conceal or disguise the nature, source, location, or ownership of the criminally derived property. Different types of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1957 UNLAWFUL MONETARY TRANSACTIONS IN CRIMINALLY DERIVED PROPERTY include the knowing and willful conduct of financial transactions involving proceeds of certain specified unlawful activities, such as racketeering, certain drug offenses, money laundering, extortion, fraud, and certain types of theft. This law also applies to the proceeds of an offense that is punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year.