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Cash and hawala remain the “predominant methods of terror financing,” according to a UN official. However, “advanced” terror organizations are turning to cryptocurrencies. origin »
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By CCN Markets: A senior UN official, Neil Walsh, claims that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made the task of fighting money laundering, terror financing, and cybercrime tougher than ever due to the relative anonymity they allegedly offer.
2019-8-30 17:53 | |
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According to a Reuters report published April 26, 2019, the armed offshoot of Hamas group is using complex methods of raising funds via digital currencies, making it difficult for regulators around the world to crack down on terror financing.
2019-4-27 13:01 | |
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The military wing of Hamas, the Palestinian Sunni-Islamist fundamentalist group listed as a terror organization by the United States and European Union, has been relying on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for quite some time now.
2019-4-26 18:00 | |
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By CCN. com: The Easter Sunday massacre in Sri Lanka was carried out as revenge for the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, according to Sri Lanka’s minister of state for defense. At the same time, Islamic State, known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the vicious, coordinated terror attack across Sri Lanka.
2019-4-23 15:11 | |
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The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces three years imprisonment and a possibly €75,000 ($90,000) fine over tweets she shared four years ago showing ISIS atrocities. The 50-year-old former presidential candidate, President of the National Rally political party (previously named National Front), is being prosecuted for distributing violent images, few weeks after the Paris terror attacks in November 2015, where 130 people were killed, according to reports.
2019-3-8 10:52 | |
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An article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya. The article features a photograph by AP credited to the photographer Khalil Senusi showing bodies of victims of the attack slumped on chairs and covered in blood.
2019-1-23 12:34 | |
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A New York-Based Woman Pleads Guilty To Laundering Money In Bitcoin To ISIS Terror Group On Monday, a young New York-based woman, Zoobia Shahnaz, was found guilty for laundering money in Bitcoin in support of the ISIS, an Islamic terror Group.
2018-11-27 21:38 | |
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Criminals Threaten To Explode Amsterdam Businesses Unless They Pay With Bitcoin (BTC) A very curious case involving Bitcoin has happened recently. Business owners in Amsterdam are reporting that criminals are threatening them with bombings and acts of terror unless they pay an extortion fee in Bitcoin.
2018-11-3 02:41 | |
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Australia’s financial regulator, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), is tightening up surveillance on cryptocurrency exchanges as sophisticated criminals leverage digital currencies to send money internationally.
2018-10-10 05:00 | |
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The central bank should proactively identify and sanction service providers breaching its 2019 prohibition, according to the Financial Action Task Force