2021-8-25 08:05 |
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This follows a meeting on Monday wherein authorities planned to eliminate the use of crypto for money laundering and other financial crimes. These authorities include the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the Ministry of Justice, the National Police Agency, and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.
2021-4-19 14:35 | |
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Bitcoin yet again led to a criminal's capture, a suspected human trafficker Ignacio Santoyo in April 2019 in the Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen. The Mexican police officials said the prostitution act that extended across Latin America was busted not by the 2,000 women that Satoyo alleged blackmailed and sexually exploited but the cryptocurrency […] The post The Pandemic Is Accelerating the Use of Cryptocurrencies to Launder Money, says, Officials first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2020-12-9 23:54 | |
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Nigerians are protesting police corruption and concerns about a possible internet shutdown have driven some to adopt decentralized VPNs like Mysterium.
2020-11-3 17:24 | |
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Police in Syria arrested 29 persons on Tuesday for participating in an operation used to finance Jihadists in Syria through cryptocurrencies. This arrest will help the Syrian authorities stem money laundering and the use of digital currencies to fund terrorism.
2020-10-1 12:23 | |
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Clearview’s facial recognition technology is an extremely powerful tool, but that power comes with a heavy weight of responsibility. Unfortunately, once something like this has been created, it’s hard to control how it’s used.
2020-2-15 03:30 | |
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Since September 2019, the French Gendarmerie’s cybercrime division has been validating and recording judicial expenses on the Tezos blockchain. This is potentially one of the first examples of a government entity using a smart contract for operational purposes.
2019-11-20 16:00 | |
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A machine learning developer named Sebastian Schuchmann recently developed a pair of neural networks. At first, they were like siblings, learning their way in a strange new world together with only one another for company.
2019-10-11 00:44 | |
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Update at 6:30 PM IST: The treaty between the US and the UK to disclose information of individuals suspected of serious criminal acts will not require social media platforms to install backdoors or break end-to-end encryption, a further analysis of the CLOUD Act reveals.
2019-9-30 14:57 | |
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Binance has said it collaborated with UK police to uncover a criminal who earned more than $51 million (tomers in at least 53 different services. Other criminals were able to purchase and use scripts to obtain personal information about customers by imitating legitimate companies It’s believed some 500,000 people were affected, most… This story continues at The Next Web
2019-9-27 16:34 | |
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The debate over the police using machine learning is intensifying – it is considered in some quarters as controversial as stop and search. Stop and search is one of the most contentious areas of how the police interact with the public.
2019-9-21 12:00 | |
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An engineering student in Illinois has put together a handy map to help pinpoint locations where police are tapped into Ring’s surveillance network. Ring, a company best known for smart doorbells and home security cameras, has a massive network of these cameras installed, some of which are being used for surveillance purposes by police in certain cities.
2019-8-10 03:27 | |
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The EU has specific laws and regulations regarding financial activity especially as they pertain to money laundering. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that there’s a slight problem in the extent of the law regarding Bitcoin ATMs.
2019-7-17 18:38 | |
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Spain’s Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) police unit has indicated that current rules in Europe are inadequate with regards to discouraging the use of Bitcoin ATMs to launder money. According to Bloomberg, this deficiency results from the fact that the owners of the Bitcoin ATMs are not required by the strict AML regulations to vet users […] The post Multi-Million Bitcoin ATM Scheme Exposes Holes in EU’s Money Laundering Net appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-14 08:51 | |
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Spain’s Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) police unit has indicated that current rules in Europe are inadequate with regards to discouraging the use of Bitcoin ATMs to launder money. According to Bloomberg, this deficiency results from the fact that the owners of the Bitcoin ATMs are not required by the strict AML regulations to vet users […] The post Multi-Million Bitcoin ATM Scheme Exposes Holes in EU's Money Laundering Net appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-13 08:51 | |
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Spanish police authorities are raising the alarm because a recent criminal case involved the use of bitcoin ATMs, making their jobs more difficult.
2019-7-12 01:00 | |
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Despite all the legitimate activities that take place within the crypto market, there is the use of tokens such as Bitcoin for the perpetuation of illegal activities that take place across the world and these are being cracked down by law enforcement on a daily basis. One of the latest crackdowns was by the Spanish […]
2019-6-14 19:35 | |
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a government employee alleged to have misused government IT infrastructure for personal cryptomining operations, per a press release.
2019-5-22 18:47 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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New York’s Police Department (NYPD) is alerting the public about phone scammers posing as Social Security Administration officials and requesting payment in Bitcoin, prepaid gift cards, and bank wire transfers.
2019-5-2 13:05 | |
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Singers use artistic conventions to construct marketable music personas. However, that’s not the full picture. In the US, for example, most American hip-hop and rap songs are also a reflection of the artistes’ living experiences and social communities.
2019-4-29 17:14 | |
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Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.
2019-4-27 21:17 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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South Korean police have caught the masterminds of a Bitcoin-fuelled Ponzi scheme responsible for generating almost $19 million in revenue. The scam, called “M-Coin,” is said to have targeted those with poor understanding of the technology – mostly elderly people, retirees, and housewives – with promises of free cryptocurrency and recruitment bonuses for signing up others, reports Korea Joon Gang Daily.
2019-4-8 12:29 | |
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A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment.
2019-3-12 01:04 | |
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When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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Suspicious financial transactions filed by Japan-based cryptocurrency exchanges increased ten times over the previous year, according to the National Police Agency. The central enforcement body said Feb 28 that 7,096 out of the total 417,465 suspected money laundering cases mentioned the use of cryptocurrencies in 2018.
2019-2-28 16:41 | |
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It’s difficult to tell whether wide-spread use of predictive policing AI is the result of capitalism or ignorance. Perhaps it’s both. AI cannot predict crime; it’s ridiculous to think it could.
2019-2-22 00:19 | |
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Is facial recognition accurate? Can it be hacked? These are just some of the questions being raised by lawmakers, civil libertarians, and privacy advocates in the wake of an ACLU report released last summer that claimed Amazon’s facial recognition software, Rekognition, misidentified 28 members of congress as criminals.
2019-2-9 10:30 | |
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German police have arrested six members of a mining ring who were making use of stolen electricity to mine currency since 2017, as reported by Freie Presse, February 6, 2019. Hijacked Power While people around the world enjoy using cryptocurrency, the actual process of mining crypto is quite tedious and more importantly, expensive, particularly inRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-9 06:00 | |
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In a particularly interesting case study for the consequence of Bitcoin’s global impact, the internationally recognized terrorist group Hamas has announced that it will accept bitcoin to fund itself.
2019-2-5 21:41 | |
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Mpumalanga police in South Africa recently arrested two men alleged to be responsible for the kidnapping of a teenager boy in Witbank City and a 13-year-old girl in Witbank. According to the police, the kidnapping team asked the victims’ relatives for a reward in Bitcoin in exchange for the young victims’ lives.
2019-1-20 09:16 | |
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Indian authorities have released another warning statement that propagates anti-cryptocurrency sentiments, yet again. This time the Jammu & Kashmir chapter of the Indian Police. In a circular issued by them in the turbulent area of Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K police said, “The general public is informed not to make any type of investment in The post An Indian state police issued warning against use of cryptocurrency appeared first on ItsBlockchain.
2019-1-4 11:28 | |
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Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) received 5,944 reports on the suspected use of cryptocurrencies for wrongful purposes, such as money laundering, in January-October, Jiji Press reported on December 6.
2018-12-6 17:36 | |
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U.S. Treasury Department Under Secretary Sigal Mandelker called for global efforts to police malicious actors' use of cryptocurrencies.
2018-12-4 20:15 | |
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Sometimes, the smoking gun in a sexual child abuse case can be something totally unremarkable — a plastic bag in the corner, or a piece of rug on the floor. Dutchman Leon D. was exposed by a church window.
2018-11-8 17:47 | |
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In a paper released on Thursday, Nasdaq Inc. said it has spent decades developing tools to police securities, currencies and other markets, and can use them to stamp out manipulation and other scams besieging digital assets, Bloomberg reported.
2018-11-2 17:52 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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Australian police have been informed of a scam in which the perpetrators are requesting people deposit funds for them at cryptocurrency ATMs. It is thought that those behind the scam are targeting newly-arrived migrants who are unsure if such requests are genuine since they are navigating an entirely foreign system of taxation for the first.
2018-10-6 00:00 | |
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Blockchain law enforcement strategies are coming to a police station near you. Learn how the new technology could be the next step in fighting crime. The post The Growing Use of Blockchain Law Enforcement Strategies appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-10-4 23:08 | |
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Wars have been started and peace agreements signed, all over money-either a lack of it or the desire to control what’s valuable. Now, many people, including government leaders, understand that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are valuable, and they know this new kind of money isn’t going away.
2018-9-27 21:30 | |
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In a move to expand its asset offerings, Coinbase has created a new process by which anyone with a token can apply to have it listed on the platform. This news comes weeks after Coinbase said it was exploring the addition of several new assets including Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and Cardano (ADA).
2018-9-27 01:15 | |
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When Tokyo-based Mt. Gox got hacked to the tune of 650,000 bitcoin in 2014, Japan learned early on the tough lessons of cryptocurrency theft. Yet, to this day, despite the country’s ongoing efforts to educate investors and ramp up oversight of crypto exchanges, it still feels the sting of hackers.
2018-9-21 23:45 | |
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Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) intends to introduce tracking software for cryptocurrency transactions as it strives to curb the use of cryptos in illegal transactions, a local media outlet recently reported.
2018-9-4 15:00 | |
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After several instances of cryptocurrency-based crime and a stark increase in the use of cryptocurrencies as a money-laundering tool, Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) revealed it would launch a crypto-tracking software to trace digital currency transactions in the country.
2018-9-1 12:00 | |
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Another Bitcoin millionaire has been caught in an elaborate cryptocurrency plot. A South Korean businessman has exchanged $2. 3M worth of Bitcoin for cash – only to find the banknotes were cheap, poorly printed fakes.
2018-8-20 13:08 | |
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Good news for folks who rely on Google Drive to store their WhatsApp backups: they’ll soon no longer count against your cloud storage quota, so the space you have on there will be entirely yours to use with other files and documents.
2018-8-17 10:36 | |
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