Londonpolisen tar med en enhet med 40 medlemmar för att ta itu med kryptobrottslingar

• Londonpolisen har tagit med ett team på 40 medlemmar för att ta itu med den olagliga användningen av kryptovalutor. 
• Teamet skapades i maj och har sedan dess svarat på 74 underrättelsehänvisningar, vilket resulterat i 19 aktiva fall.
• 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. 

Enligt Financial Times Rapportera, har Londonpolisen satt upp ett team med 40 medlemmar för att tackla brottslingar som använder kryptovalutor för att främja deras agenda. London Metropolitan Police, som är den största polisstyrkan i Storbritannien (Storbritannien), har ökat sina ansträngningar för att ta itu med brottslighet i det digitala tillgångsutrymmet under åren. 

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 infört strikta instruktioner för kryptomixer to follow. The rulemaking requires firms engaging in crypto activities to report any transaction that might’ve been involved with mixers. 

Intressant nog noterade Mat Stanley, en cyberdetektiv vid Londonpolisen, att prisfallet på digitala tillgångar och björnmarknaden inte påverkade den olagliga användningen av kryptovalutor, som fortfarande är på uppgång.

“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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