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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled eight indictments against Chinese companies and their employees involved in making and distributing potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. According to the justice department, these companies may have used cryptocurrency, along with other payment methods, to conceal their identities and financial transactions. Justice Department Announces Eight
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury has sanctioned crypto wallets allegedly connected to individuals and companies involved in the production of fentanyl.In an Oct. 3 notice, the U.S. Justice Department announced indictments against several China-based chemical manufacturers as well as many
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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. Original Source
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Analysts at Elliptic estimate over 140 unique crypto addresses have been involved in the global fentanyl trade. Fentanyl precursor suppliers received over $32 million worth of crypto over the past few years as the synthetic opioid epidemic continues in the U.S. According to data from Elliptic, around 80 individual clusters featuring 144
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury has added a crypto wallet allegedly connected to a major international crime syndicate as part of its list of Specially Designated Nationals.In a Sept. 26 announcement, the U.S. Treasury said it had sanctioned 10 individuals,
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Notably, the drug industry does and does not include everything from the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of illicit substances, depending on your chosen frame. The headline number Chainalysis supplies, $37.8 million, is severely limited in scope. It’s based on a predictive map using four identified shops that sell fentanyl
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied During a Senate hearing on May 31, Elizabeth Warren highlighted the extensive utilization of cryptocurrency in the Chinese fentanyl trade. Senator Warren, a prominent figure in the Senate Banking Committee, referenced data from research firm Elliptic,
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has suggested a link between cryptocurrency payments and companies based in China that provided precursors for the opioid fentanyl.In a May 31 hearing of the United States Senate Banking Committee on China, Warren pointed to a report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic to suggest a
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“Unfortunately, that is a mode that some of these precursor manufacturers and illicit drug organizations have used – the receipt of bitcoin payments in wallets, cryptocurrency wallets,” said Elizabeth Rosenberg, the U.S. Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, in testimony during the panel’s hearing. Original Source
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Elliptic, which published its report on the topic Tuesday, says cryptocurrency wallets attached to darknet merchants which sell fentanyl as well as precursors have received $27 million in payments (though over exactly what time frame is unclear), while Chainalysis pegged the number at $37.8 million since 2018. Source
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