Spencer Woodman
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Despite years of confiscations, the Met still holds hundreds of pieces linked to alleged trafficking and looting figures - ICIJ (opens the original)
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Even after authorities seized more than $95 million worth of antiquities from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in recent years, the institution still holds hundreds more pieces linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures, a new analysis by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has found. The seizures from the Met have largely consisted of works the museum acquired from a small group of collectors with links to suspected trafficking networks that targeted cultural s
Tether: a $200 billion crypto company you can’t look inside (opens the original)
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Tether, which mints the world’s most widely used crypto token, is likely one of the most valuable private companies on earth, with an estimated value of $200 billion, exceeding the total share value of McDonald’s. The company’s token, known as USDT, is a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar that has become the backbone of a parallel banking system pervading parts of the world. The token has also become a key tool for money launderers for industrial-scale scam centers, which operate out of grim o
Europe sanctioned crypto exchange HTX. Experts say the firm is deploying tactics that could blunt the impact. - ICIJ (opens the original)
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Recent moves by cryptocurrency exchange HTX could soften the blow of new sanctions on the firm, experts warn, including a European Union ban on transactions. One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, HTX is closely associated with the crypto billionaire Justin Sun, who was a primary booster of the Trump family’s digital currency business before the relationship recently soured. The European Union last week included the exchange in a roster of 18 firms allegedly involved in Russia’s vast crypt
Europe sanctioned crypto exchange HTX. Experts say the firm is deploying tactics that could blunt the impact. (opens the original)
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The exchange is rapidly generating new accounts in a way that can confuse authorities and compliance officials, experts told ICIJ.
Canadian intelligence flags crypto-to-cash services as ‘knowingly facilitating money laundering,’ document shows - ICIJ (opens the original)
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As scammers and terrorists increasingly turn to crypto, a Canadian intelligence office is raising alarms about risks posed by an emerging industry offering discreet means to convert cryptocurrency to large sums of physical cash and vice versa. A substantial portion of these services across Canada are being “heavily exploited for illicit purposes” and are “knowingly facilitating money laundering, sanctions evasion” and a variety of “transnational organized crime activities,” according to a Canadi
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