Just 270 crypto addresses laundered $1.3 bln in dirty funds last…
By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty virtual money, research shared wit ...
Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chai ...
Germany shuts down darknet platform specializing in drugs
BERLIN (AP) - German investigators on Tuesday shut down a Russian-language darknet marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing, seizing bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million). Prosec ...
The largest dark web market for illegal goods is no more
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> Two of the three largest dark web markets are closed for busi ...
One of the biggest ever dark web police stings leads to 150 arrests
Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations.The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illeg ...
Former Swiss police employee accused of selling weapons via darknet
ZURICH, April 8 (Reuters) - The former chief of logistics for a regional Swiss police force appeared in court on Thursday accused of falsely buying guns and bullets on behalf of his employer and selli ...
Most weapons on the dark web come from US, study finds
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> US guns make up as much as 60 percent of the weapons on sale ...
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 ...
Australian man accused of running world's biggest 'dark web' market
An Australian man is accused of running a $220million illegal darkweb marketplace which has been called the biggest in the world and ' for criminals'. A joint investigation by Australian Federal Polic ...
U.S. announces international crackdown on DarkNet opioid trafficking
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, best darknet market markets Oct 26 (Reuters) - An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the darknet marke ...