The darknet offers its users anonymity, and cryptocurrencies—which are the preferred method of payment on darknet sites—provide additional ways to veil transactions. Keep Reading
INTERPOL is launching its Virtual Academy to provide online training opportunities for the global law enforcement community during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
Europol has published its 2019 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), an annual presentation of the cybercrime threat landscape, highlighting the key developments, threats and trends, as seen by law enforcement authorities across Europe. Keep Reading
The INTERPOL Chief encouraged the private security industry to consider how state-of-the-art technologies under development could be harnessed to bring tangible solutions to police in the field. Keep Reading
Shaughnessy allegedly transferred his bitcoin proceeds to other cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for regular fiat currency, which was shipped to his home in Dallas. Keep Reading
Law enforcement executed 65 search warrants, seizing 299.5 kilograms of drugs, 51 firearms, and more than $7 million including $4.5 million cryptocurrency. Keep Reading
Law enforcement seized around 1,500 counterfeit euro banknotes as well as drugs, weapons (firearms, nunchaku, illegal knives and blades), computers, mobile phones, Bitcoins and hardware for mining virtual currencies. Keep Reading
Study calls for urgent action by government and the policing and security services to step up intelligence gathering and action to counter online extremist activity. Keep Reading