NCA:每年有51亿美元的非法加密货币交易与英国有关

币界网Published on 2024-08-16Last updated on 2024-08-16

币界网报道:

英国国家犯罪局的一份新报告发现,每年有价值51亿美元的非法加密货币交易与该国有关,数字和加密货币相关犯罪都在上升。

该机构的调查结果发表在其年度国家战略评估中,该评估利用了执法、政府和私人情报的数据。

报告指出:“随着加密货币的普及,加密货币犯罪的频率也在增加。”。

NCA发现,2023年期间,英国的洗钱金额有所增加,犯罪分子越来越多地使用加密货币进行洗钱,并补充说,这一趋势可能会持续到2024年。

报告称:“加密货币仍然是犯罪交易、洗钱、在暗网上支付商品和服务以及索要赎金的重要推动者。”。“公众合法使用它们也为犯罪分子提供了欺诈和盗窃的机会。”

随着加密货币洗钱的增加,国家犯罪局估计,每年有价值17亿至51亿美元的非法加密货币交易与英国有关。此外,该报告解释说,英国洗钱的“很大一部分”与“海外腐败精英”有关

NCA于2023年成立了一个专门的加密货币部门,并于2024年4月获得了对加密货币的更大扣押权,当时英国政府特别指出Monero等隐私硬币“不利于公共利益”

报告中详细介绍的一个主要案例研究涵盖了NCA在帮助打击LockBit方面的作用,LockBit是一个被欧洲刑警组织描述为“世界上最多产的勒索软件团伙之一”的网络犯罪集团。据司法部称,该集团从全球2000多名受害者那里获得了超过1.2亿美元的赎金,总需求可能达到数亿美元。

2月,由于美国、英国和其他六个国家的协调行动,该犯罪集团被解散。在关闭LockBit的过程中,与该组织有关的200多个加密货币账户被冻结,全球各地都有人被捕。

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