I agree that privacy is not inherently money laundering deep in my bones. I spent three years of my life attempting to improve Bitcoin mixers.
The issue is that if you run a mixer and someone says "please launder my drug money" you reject that person's coins unless you like Federal prison. It is like if you run a gun store and someone comes in and asks for a gun "to rob a bank", that person is a Federal agent and if you sell them a gun an indictment is forthcoming.
People are doing life sentences for giving their friend a ride when their "friend" decided to hold up a liquor store.
So hypothetically, if they ask you with a checkbox whether your funds are legitimate, and only process transactions that say they are, would that absolve them of liability?
I can't imagine anybody reads private messages on such a service or could be expected to, with any significant volume.
The issue is that if you run a mixer and someone says "please launder my drug money" you reject that person's coins unless you like Federal prison. It is like if you run a gun store and someone comes in and asks for a gun "to rob a bank", that person is a Federal agent and if you sell them a gun an indictment is forthcoming.
People are doing life sentences for giving their friend a ride when their "friend" decided to hold up a liquor store.