8.148 Transporting Funds to Promote Unlawful Activity (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1956(a)(2)(A)) is a criminal statute that prohibits the transportation, transmission, or transfer of funds with the knowledge or intent that it will be used to facilitate certain types of criminal activity. This statute applies to all forms of transporting funds, including through wire transfers, checks, and bank deposits. The types of criminal activity that this statute covers include drug trafficking, money laundering, bribery, terrorism, tax evasion, counterfeiting, and other forms of organized crime. The statute also applies to the transportation of funds to or from the United States. In order to prove a violation of this statute, the government must establish that the defendant knew or had reason to know that the funds were intended to be used to promote or facilitate illegal activity. The government must also prove that the defendant had the intent to engage in such activity.