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Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.

20.6.2024
Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory

Elizabeth Warren: Crypto Prominent in the Global Fentanyl Trade Over the Last Decade

3.6.2024
Two U.S. Senators, Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy, have asked the Biden adminstration to furnish them with updates on what the U.S. government is doing to curb the use of crypto in fentanyl trafficking. According to Warren and Cassidy, decentralized crypto exchange platforms are enabling...

Warren prods drug agencies about crypto links to fentanyl trade

31.5.2024
Senators Elizabeth Warren and William Cassidy say crypto has played an “increasingly prominent role” in the fentanyl industry

Sen. Warren Wants to Know How Drug Agencies Are Pursuing Crypto Ties to Fentanyl

30.5.2024
The Massachusetts Democrat called for answers from the U.S. drug agencies today on progress in the crackdown on drug traffickers' use of crypto

Illicit Funds in Crypto Ecosystem Shrank 9% Last Year, Yet Criminals Still Handled Nearly $35B: TRM Labs

27.3.2024
Illicit activity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem appears to have reduced, with the total illicit funds shrinking by 9% in 2023 compared to 2022, even though criminals still handled over $34 billion worth of cryptocurrencies, Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs has found

U.S. Treasury Department Highlights Increasing Use of Crypto by Criminals in 2024

7.2.2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released its 2024 National Risk Assessments on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing, outlining the most significant threats facing the United States in illicit finance. The reports detail updates to the anti-money laundering...

OFAC’s Sanction Bucket Grows: BTC, TRX, and ETH Addresses Flagged Over Fentanyl Ties

6.10.2023
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) under the Treasury has released an updated version of the specially designated nationals (SDN) list, featuring multiple alleged fentanyl traffickers from China along with their associated cryptocurrency addresses. These highlighted crypto addresses...

U.S. Treasury Targets Crypto Wallets Linked to Illegal Fentanyl Trade – Here's What You Need to Know

6.10.2023
The United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned several cryptocurrency wallets associated with the illegal fentanyl trade. On Tuesday, the OFAC added a new set of crypto wallets to its specially designated nationals (SDN) list, targeting a drug trafficking...

US Treasury sanctions crypto wallets as authorities crack down on fentanyl

3.10.2023
According to Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, the sanctioned wallets "received millions of USD funds over hundreds of deposits" used for illicit drugs

Chinese Firms Used Crypto Payments to Run Fentanyl Network, U.S. Claims in Charges

3.10.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) targeted several Chinese businesses and their employees Tuesday in the latest round of charges tied to production and trafficking of fentanyl – a network that depended on cryptocurrency payments, according to authorities

Treasury Sanctions Ethereum Wallet Used by Sinaloa Cartel to Launder Fentanyl Financing

26.9.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned an Ethereum wallet used by the Sinaloa Cartel to launder money from fentanyl sales in the U.S. Mario Alberto Jimenez Castro, an accused money launderer for the cartel’s Los Chapitos faction, allegedly...

US Treasury sanctions Ethereum wallet tied to cartel over 'illicit fentanyl trafficking'

26.9.2023
An ETH wallet tied to Mexican national Mario Alberto Jimenez Castro was allegedly used for illicit fentanyl sales in the United States

Ethereum Wallet Tied to Sinaloa Cartel Sanctioned by US Government

26.9.2023
The United States' Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned an Ethereum wallet tied to a Mexican man from Sinaloa named Jimenez Castro

Fentanyl Ingredients Sold for Crypto by Chinese Labs

23.6.2023
Chinese chemical producers are accepting cryptocurrency as payment for fentanyl ingredients they sell to drug organizations worldwide. Researchers at crypto analytics platform Elliptic have found over 90 Chinese chemical companies that sold fentanyl precursor chemicals and advertised their...

US Senator claims crypto helps to fund fentanyl Trade – This AI crypto proves otherwise

9.6.2023
A bold claim by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, USA, alleging that cryptocurrencies are facilitating the funding of the dangerous drug fentanyl trade, deepens the debate on cryptocurrency scrutiny and regulatory concerns. Amidst these allegations, an AI crypto platform has emerged...

Why Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong About Crypto and the Fentanyl Epidemic

1.6.2023

US Senator Warren Calls Out Crypto’s Role in Fentanyl Transactions

1.6.2023
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out cryptocurrency’s role in fentanyl drug transactions and pushed for her bill to combat money laundering during a congressional hearing on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Democrat, and longstanding crypto critic, said her bill, the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering...