Illicit cryptocurrency transaction activity reaches all-time high in value, all-time low in share of all cryptocurrency activity
Cryptocurrency-based crime hit a new all-time high in 2021, with illicit addresses receiving US$14 billion over the course of the year, up from US$7.8 billion in 2020 according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Evidence suggests that cryptocurrencies have been and will be used in trade-based…
North Korea finances TBML with US$1.5 billion war chest
North Korea continues to import and export goods despite extensive sanctions imposed on it by using trade-based money laundering (TBML) techniques and finance from a US$1.5 billion cryptocurrency war chest according to experts who participated in a webinar organised by Chainanalysis. The blockchain analysis company…
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Trade Based Financial Crime
Trade Based Financial Crime
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