The report does not indicate the exact number of cryptocurrency crimes, however, it is noted that organized criminal groups quickly adapt to developing technologies and are increasingly using digital assets to conceal illegal activity.
The “work” is greatly simplified by the Darknet – through it they organize the supply of prohibited goods: narcotic substances, counterfeit products, firearms and confidential data. In addition, in the Darknet for bitcoins, people trafficking, extortion, fraud and direct broadcast of violence may be performed, law enforcement officers noted.
The police of Scotland admitted that now she does not have a special group in cryptocurrencies. However, law enforcement officers are trained to track illegal cryptocurrency transactions.
The prosecutor’s office has already successfully applied laws on income from criminal activity to convert stolen cryptocurrency in cash. Last year, the high court of Edinburgh allowed Convert 23.5 BTC pounds in pounds associated with John Ross Rennie, who participated in a robbery in Lanarkshire.
Last year, the Scottish court sentenced another violator to unpaid public works for cryptocurrency fraud. The young man called himself a crypto trader and promoted his services through social networks.
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