2024-11-22 10:21 |
A major money laundering network powered by cryptocurrencies linked to international drug cartels has been dismantled by United States federal authorities. On Nov. 21, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted nine individuals for conspiracy to… origin »
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The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a stark warning to US financial firms, warning them about the increasing use of crypto by Mexican drug cartels to purchase chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl.
2024-6-24 02:46 | |
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Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory.
2024-6-21 20:08 | |
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Sinaloa, one of the largest drug cartels in the world, is a major supplier of fentanyl in the U. S. The sanctioned wallet has facilitated transactions worth tens of thousands of dollars. The The post U.
2023-9-27 14:30 | |
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It’s unsurprising that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have found their way into the dangerous realm of drug cartels. According to law enforcement officials, cryptocurrency is developing as a new front in Latin America’s fight against gangs vying for control of massive illicit marketplaces for sex, drugs, guns, and people. In Mexico, it has been reported […]
2022-3-14 15:19 | |
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A report from The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) shows that bitcoin is not the preferred method for drug cartels and other criminal groups to launder money, they rather use banks. This opposes the widespread narrative that claims the digital coin creates the opportunity for crime.
2022-3-12 02:59 | |
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The U.S. Department of Justice charged the six individuals for alleged involvement in laundering funds from Mexican drug cartels after an investigation spanning years.
2020-10-16 11:58 | |
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According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), five major global banks have been exposed funneling trillions of dollars in criminal funds in the recently leaked FinCEN Files.
2020-9-23 19:30 | |
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Bitfinex has denied connections to laundering funds related to Columbian drug cartels, and differentiated itself from the shadow banking activities of CryptoCapital.
2019-10-28 16:23 | |
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Drug cartels and other criminal activities are mostly associated with Bitcoin trading. This is to raise funds to enhance their criminal activities. In the event, however, when the police confiscate $BTC from these illegal activities, where do they go? In Australia, for instance, it’s has been disclosed that in one scenario, the police collected a 20-fold […]
2019-10-25 00:21 | |
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Cryptocurrency gets a bad rap, and the media loves to associate virtual currencies with criminal activity. But an immutable ledger is actually more useful as a tool to fight crime than it is for would-be criminals, as researchers, law enforcement and criminals are learning very quickly all over the world.
2019-7-23 00:24 | |
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A recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Border Security and Immigration has revealed that Mexican drug cartels are now more than ever relying on Chinese cryptocurrency money landering networks.
2019-1-12 21:26 | |
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Paraguay has had several hydroelectric towns that many had associated them with the drug cartels, ammunition and also smuggling. But now it has become the new home for the crypto miners in the market who have been connected to a very sophisticated network involved with mining crypto coins for their owners. It is finally giving […]
2018-11-14 02:43 | |
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Paraguay’s hydroelectric powered-towns, long associated as dugouts for drug cartels, smuggling, and ammunition rackets, are now home to miners connected in a sophisticated network circuitry to mine cryptocurrencies for their owners.
2018-11-12 16:00 | |
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For the past few years, through boom and bust, hype cycles and FUD (and just about anything in between), we’ve heard that Bitcoin is what’s next. Evangelists say it’s the logical successor to fiat currency, a long-overdue replacement to paper cash that’s overstayed its welcome.
2018-8-7 22:27 | |
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A clause in Utah’s Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments bill, which would establish a Bitcoin reserve, was dropped right before the final Senate vote. Referred to as House Bill 230, Utah’s State Senate passed the bill with a 19-7-3 vote…
Falcon Finance, a cutting-edge synthetic dollar protocol, has taken a major step forward in safeguarding user assets by integrating Fireblocks Off Exchange. Unlike conventional systems that rely on centralized clearing parties, Fireblocks Off Exchange uses secure, shared wallets powered by Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology.
Web3 security firm GoPlus Security has launched an investigation after its token dropped 60% in a single day, noting that it wasn’t informed about the the listing beforehand. GoPlus Security (GPS), a web3 firm that says it’s working on the…
After experiencing a downtrend over the past three months, the Avalanche community now anticipates a potential bullish reversal for AVAX, driven by ecosystem developments and increasing adoption. In a recent X post, trader Marzell told his 37.6k followers that AVAX…
AAVE pumped 15% after a bullish $1M weekly buyback proposal for 6 months. Over 480K tokens were withdrawn from exchanges during the past three months. Aave [AAVE] was an outlier after itThe post AAVE: Can the buyback program reverse the coin's 50% decline? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
AAVE bounced back from its recent drop after Aave announced plans to revamp its tokenomics, sparking fresh interest among whale investors. According to data from crypto.news, Aave (AAVE) surged nearly 27%, reaching an intraday high of $220 on March 5,…
Japan’s Metplanet has become the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in Asia after its latest purchase. According to the company’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet grabbed another 497 BTC at around $88,448 per coin, investing nearly $44 million in the process…