The Latest FinCrime News about Crypto
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How Financial Crime is wired into the 2025 Trump National Security Strategy (NSS)
The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy elevates financial crime to a central national-security concern, linking economic power, sanctions pressure, and illicit-finance threats across global flashpoints.
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Key Insights from the TRM Labs 2025 Global Crypto Report
This analysis examines how the TRM Labs 2025 Global Crypto Report reflects global regulatory momentum driven by stablecoin oversight and stronger AML supervision.
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Criminal empire of fake investment crypto platforms finally dismantled by Europol
Europol coordinated a major action targeting fake investment crypto platforms and money laundering, revealing a criminal network that moved over EUR 700 million across borders.
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UK Political Donations Face Scrutiny Over Crypto Anonymity Risks
UK officials are reviewing political donations made through digital assets due to crypto anonymity concerns and risks linked to unverifiable sources of funding.
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Europol’s Operation Olympia Halts EUR 25 Million Cryptomixer Laundering Scheme
The cryptomixer laundering case led to a EUR 25 million seizure after authorities confirmed the platform’s role in concealing criminal Bitcoin flows.
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Dunamu Battles Harsh AML Ruling in Korean Courts
Dunamu is considering an appeal after receiving a major enforcement action from the Financial Intelligence Unit, placing the company at the center of South Korea’s escalating scrutiny of crypto-exchange compliance. The penalty stems from alleged gaps in customer verification and monitoring at Upbit, and the firm’s challenge could become a pivotal moment for how AML standards are applied across the sector.
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Major Blow to Crypto Market as Korea’s FIU (KOFIU) Imposes Heavy Penalties on Exchanges
South Korea’s FIU issued strong actions against top exchanges after uncovering crypto enforcement failures that exposed significant laundering risks.
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Money Trail to Hamas Exposes Binance in Hard-Hitting Case
The lawsuit highlights significant money laundering exposure at Binance, alleging that structural weaknesses allowed Hamas-linked funds to move through the platform.
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The Coin Laundry Investigation by the ICIJ: Worldwide Cryptocurrency AML Imbalances
The Coin Laundry, a major ICIJ global investigation on crypto regulation, highlights major AML weaknesses and details how criminals exploit differences between restrictive, supervised, permissive and transitional environments.
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Binance’s AML Overhaul Drives Illicit Crypto to Record Lows
Binance is transforming crypto compliance after driving illicit activity to record lows, with the first sentence showing how Binance became the strongest example of large scale AML improvement.
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Cash To Crypto ATM Machine Network At Center Of $10M Conspiracy
Firas Isa and his company used a nationwide crypto ATM network to collect drug and fraud proceeds, convert them into digital assets and route them through controlled wallets that hid the true origin and ownership of more than ten million dollars.
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ISIS Crypto Plot Exposed in Detroit Terror Financing Case
A Detroit resident was sentenced after secretly sending cryptocurrency to ISIS, using encrypted wallets and privacy tools to hide his transfers. The case revealed how small digital payments can support extremist travel plans and expose serious AML blind spots.
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ICIJ uncovers deep laundering flaws inside Binance and Other Crypto Exchanges
Binance possible misconduct revealed by the ICIJ shows how weak exchange compliance enabled crypto laundering across multiple platforms despite major reforms.
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Operation Endgame Shuts Down 1025 Servers in Laundering Crackdown
Operation Endgame exposed an intricate cyber laundering system that used malware, stolen credentials, and crypto wallets to hide ransomware proceeds through global networks.
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UK Jails ‘Crypto Queen’ Qian Zhimin for Bitcoin Laundering Scheme Worth Billions
A landmark UK case revealed a complex cryptocurrency money laundering network and led to an 11 year jail sentence for Qian Zhimin, proving that even digital wealth cannot bypass source of wealth verification.
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Bank of Ireland Slaps €21.4M Fine on Coinbase Over 30M Unmonitored Transactions
The Coinbase Europe AML breach exposed €176 billion in unmonitored crypto flows, revealing systemic failures in transaction surveillance, delayed escalation, and virtual asset compliance oversight.
Other News About Crypto
How Financial Crime is wired into the 2025 Trump National Security Strategy (NSS)
The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy elevates financial crime to a central national-security concern, linking economic power, sanctions pressure, and illicit-finance threats across global flashpoints.
Key Insights from the TRM Labs 2025 Global Crypto Report
This analysis examines how the TRM Labs 2025 Global Crypto Report reflects global regulatory momentum driven by stablecoin oversight and stronger AML supervision.
Criminal empire of fake investment crypto platforms finally dismantled by Europol
Europol coordinated a major action targeting fake investment crypto platforms and money laundering, revealing a criminal network that moved over EUR 700 million across borders.