Child porn purveyor to get 21-27 years under new plea deal
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A man whom U.S. authorities have described as the world´s largest purveyor of child pornography would be sentenced to 21 to 27 years in prison under the terms of a new plea de ...
Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband granted bail
The self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and her husband have been granted bail set at $3million and $5million respectively after being arrested for allegedly laundering $4.5billion in stolen i ...
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
LONDON (AP) - Ireland´s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire IT system in response to a cyberattack. Thous ...
Germany shuts down darknet platform specializing in drugs
BERLIN (AP) - German investigators on Tuesday shut down a Russian-language darknet market marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing, seizing bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million). ...
Wife freed while husband jailed pending trial for Bitcoin laundering
An alleged fraudster dubbed The Crocodile of Wall Street over claims she laundered $4.5 billion in has been freed on bail - but her husband has been ordered to stay in jail. Heather Morgan was free ...
Global Drug Survey reveals alcohol and drug habits during pandemic
Australians are officially the world's biggest binge drinkers, but Britain and the US don't lag far behind - featuring in the top five of the latest Global Drug Survey.Denmark and Finland ranked at se ...
Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion…
By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The kingpin or kingpins of the world's biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurre ...
German police take down one of the world's biggest child porn sites
German police have taken down one of the world's largest child porn sites with over 400,000 members and arrested four people accused of running it.The site, known as BOYSTOWN and accessible only via t ...
More than 150 arrested in global crackdown on Darknet traders:…
THE HAGUE, Oct 26 (Reuters) - At least 150 people have been arrested by European and U.S. authorities after a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet market e- ...
Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, darknet market marketplace Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, according to a report from b ...