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Europol Targets Illicit Crypto Activity with New Game

The European law enforcement agency Europol has developed a new “game” that shows its agents how to trace illicit digital currency transactions. Europol Makes Crypto...

Bestmixer Shut Down On Money Laundering Charges

Several regulators in the crypto space fear that digital currencies will be used to launder money. After cases like these, we can understand why. Money...

Europol Issues Crypto Warning While Malta Continues to Attract Exchanges

The European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, has warned against the prevalence of cryptocurrencies in cybercrimes like money laundering. For some authorities, cryptocurrencies seem to...

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Meeting with Europol to Combat Crime

Europol, the law enforcement agency for the EU, is meeting with 16 cryptocurrency exchanges and businesses to discuss ways to combat using virtual currencies...

Europol Claims $5.5bn Worth of Criminal Proceeds Will be Laundered Through Cryptocurrencies

There have been numerous allegations regarding Bitcoin and illegal activity. There is very little evidence to back up such claims, for the time being....

Spanish Police Seize Luxury Goods and 78 Bitcoins

Police and tax authorities arrested 30 individuals in Spain for suspected money laundering and pirated TV content. Police said the suspects had six of the...

Bitcoin Not Involved in Paris Attacks – Europol

Since the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, there have been concerns about the use of Bitcoin by the Islamic State terrorists to store and...

Europol Looks for Interns to Tackle Bitcoin Crimes

Cryptocurrencies are part of a relatively new technology which not many understand. Tech savvy criminals started making effective use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...

Europol Releases IOCTA 2015 Report, Mentions Bitcoin

Bitcoin has been increasingly used by hackers and cybercriminals. There have been numerous instances of bitcoin related cybercrimes, making the digital currency synonymous with...

EU Keeps a Close Eye on Bitcoin Transactions, Banks Involved Too

The governments were always scared of Bitcoin, they were worried about losing their control over the flow of money, in turn economy. At first,...