La policía de Londres trae una unidad de 40 miembros para combatir a los criptocriminales

• La policía de Londres ha traído un equipo de 40 miembros para abordar el uso ilícito de criptomonedas. 
• El equipo se creó en mayo y desde entonces ha respondido a 74 derivaciones de inteligencia, lo que ha dado como resultado 19 casos activos.
• The fall in the price of crypto coins hasn’t affected their usage for illicit purposes, an officer said.
• “The evidence suggests an endemic role of cryptocurrency in organized crime,” another officer said.

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The London Police is set to crackdown on crimes implemented using cryptocurrencies and has introduced a 40-member team for the purpose, according to a report. The territorial police force believes that digital assets play an “endemic role” in organized crime, and therefore, the need to combat the growing illicit activity in the crypto space is a must. 

Según un Financial Times reporte, la Policía de Londres ha creado un equipo de 40 miembros para hacer frente a los delincuentes que utilizan criptomonedas para promover su agenda. La Policía Metropolitana de Londres, que es la fuerza policial más grande del Reino Unido (Reino Unido), ha intensificado sus esfuerzos para combatir la delincuencia en el espacio de los activos digitales a lo largo de los años. 

Detective Inspector Geoff Donoghue of the London Police’s crypto investigation team noted that “crypto was once considered a niche within criminal enterprises, but there has been growing evidence that is no longer the case,” while adding: 

“Cryptocurrencies give a new dimension to the settlement of value transfer . . . everywhere that we have looked, we have found [crypto]. The evidence is suggesting an endemic role of cryptocurrency in organized crime.”

Interestingly, the crypto team was created in May and, since then, has responded to 74 intelligence referrals, which has now resulted in 19 active criminal cases. Donoghue noted that there has been significant evidence of crypto being used in fields involving “drugs, guns, girls, and workers.”

The London Police’s focus on digital assets comes at a time when the broader crypto industry is facing increased scrutiny from regulators around the globe. Recently,the United States Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) revealed a new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that introdujo instrucciones estrictas para los mezcladores criptográficos to follow. The rulemaking requires firms engaging in crypto activities to report any transaction that might’ve been involved with mixers. 

Curiosamente, Mat Stanley, detective cibernético de la policía de Londres, señaló que la caída del precio de los activos digitales y el mercado bajista no afectaron el uso ilícito de criptomonedas, que sigue en aumento.

“We’ve sat through a couple of crashes now . . . but if you’re buying £100 of drugs, you don’t care if that costs one bitcoin or 0.1 bitcoin,” Stanley said.

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