La police de Londres rassemble une unité de 40 membres pour lutter contre les criminels cryptographiques

• La police de Londres a dépêché une équipe de 40 membres pour lutter contre l'utilisation illicite des crypto-monnaies. 
• L’équipe a été créée en mai et a depuis répondu à 74 signalements de renseignements, aboutissant à 19 cas actifs.
• 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. 

Selon un Financial Times rapport, la police de Londres a mis en place une équipe de 40 membres pour lutter contre les criminels utilisant les crypto-monnaies pour faire avancer leur programme. La police métropolitaine de Londres, qui est la plus grande force de police du Royaume-Uni, a intensifié ses efforts pour lutter contre la criminalité dans le domaine des actifs numériques au fil des ans. 

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 introduit des instructions strictes pour les mélangeurs cryptographiques to follow. The rulemaking requires firms engaging in crypto activities to report any transaction that might’ve been involved with mixers. 

Il est intéressant de noter que Mat Stanley, un cyberdétective de la police de Londres, a noté que la baisse du prix des actifs numériques et le marché baissier n’ont pas affecté l’utilisation illicite des crypto-monnaies, qui est toujours en hausse.

“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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