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A coming together of prominent Bitcoin companies and organizations along with several law enforcement agencies and communities has resulted in the formation of the Blockchain Alliance, a nonprofit that, among other things, will help as a resourceful partner for law enforcement to aid against bitcoin- and block chain-based criminal activities. A new forum called the Blockchain Alliance has been established to help bridge and inculcate communication and understanding of bitcoin and block chain technology between law enforcement; agencies and prominent players in the bitcoin industry.....

Europol, the European Union's top law enforcement agency in charge of criminal intelligence, is urging legislators to provide law enforcement with greater powers to identify criminal activities online, including digital money laundering. Europol is not a law enforcement agency in the traditional sense, but rather furnishes EU law enforcement agencies with support, including intelligence, information exchange, expertise and training. The organisation launched the European Cybercrime Centre last year, and one of its goals is to target organised groups that make their money online. Digital....

U.S. Senator Margaret Hassan has requested that government agencies take “additional targeted steps to prevent and prosecute the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.” She expressed her concern over “the rise in the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.” US Senator Requests Agencies Take Steps to Prevent and Prosecute Use of Crypto for Criminal Purposes U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland expressing her concern about the criminal use of cryptocurrencies Thursday. Garland is the 86th U.S. attorney....

In less than a month since its launch, government agencies and law enforcement arrested two individuals who are suspected to the leaders of the cyber-criminal group. According to the official statement released by EUROPOL, the suspects were arrested in Austria, by the local police. Government and law enforcement agencies in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Germany and the United Kingdom in collaboration with Netherlands-based intelligence and information agency Europol has launched an official investigation targeted at the cyber-criminal group DD4BC. Since early 2015, DD4BC, a group of....

After law enforcement agencies from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and the United Kingdom met in December to plan an operation against the cybercriminal group DD4BC (Distributed Denial of Service – DDoS – for Bitcoin), an official with Europol has told Bitcoinist that Bitcoin, and other crypto-currencies, is playing an increasing role in all criminal activities. The UK Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) found key members of the criminal organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina leading to “vital information.” Activities were coordinated among law enforcement in Australia,....