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A section of their money goes missing at the start of the film (Joker stole it).
Lao moves the rest of their money to an "unknown location" for safety reasons, and plans to go back to China so that he cannot be interrogated. Joker arrives and says that Batman will bring Lao back and their money will be in jeopardy, and they don't listen to him.
Batman brings Lao back, but he refuses to tell the Police where the money is located.
The mob hires Joker to kill the Batman, probaby not expecting to see their money again, but realizing that if they ever plan to MAKE more money, they need him out of the picture for good.
Joker manages to retrieve Lao from the jail and get the money back from him (using his tantalizing powers of suggestion, no doubt), and the mob doesn't have a chance to be "happy" with him getting the money back, as he kills the Italian and Two-Face kills Maroni.
I assume that the mob's half of the money is still with the surviving members of the mob, as Joker does say "It's only my half," when he burns the pile of money with Lao on top.
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