La polizia di Londra riunisce un'unità di 40 membri per contrastare i criminali cripto

• La polizia di Londra ha riunito una squadra di 40 membri per contrastare l'uso illecito delle criptovalute. 
• Il team è stato creato a maggio e da allora ha risposto a 74 segnalazioni di intelligence, risultando in 19 casi attivi.
• 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. 

Secondo il Financial Times rapporto, la polizia di Londra ha istituito una squadra di 40 membri per contrastare i criminali che utilizzano le criptovalute per portare avanti i loro scopi. La London Metropolitan Police, che è la più grande forza di polizia del Regno Unito, nel corso degli anni ha intensificato i suoi sforzi per contrastare la criminalità nel settore delle risorse digitali. 

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 ha introdotto istruzioni rigide per i mixer crittografici to follow. The rulemaking requires firms engaging in crypto activities to report any transaction that might’ve been involved with mixers. 

È interessante notare che Mat Stanley, un cyber detective della polizia di Londra, ha osservato che il calo dei prezzi degli asset digitali e il mercato ribassista non hanno influenzato l’uso illecito delle criptovalute, che è ancora in 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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