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US senators target cryptocurrency use in child abuse trade

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Arijit Sarkar19 minutes agoUS senators target cryptocurrency use in child abuse tradeSenators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy are asking federal agencies about their technical capacity to combat crypto payments in the sale of child abuse material.117 Total viewsNewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTJoin us on social networksA crackdown on individuals buying and selling child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using cryptocurrencies is underway in the United States.


U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy want to ensure that federal agencies are fully equipped to track down crypto transactions linked to the sale of child abuse content.


In this effort to bring an end to CSAM, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were asked to reveal their current technical capacity.


The senators cited a Chainalysis study from January 2024, which suggested an increase in the use of cryptocurrency in the illicit trade of CSAM. In the study.


Chainalysis found that sellers of child abuse materials are using “mixers” and “privacy coins” like Monero (XMR) to launder their profits and evade law enforcement.CSAM vendors’ usage of instant exchangers that allow for Monero conversion has increased significantly over the last few years. Source: Chainalysis.


Writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the U.S. senators asked for the DOJ’s and DHS’s current capabilities to identify and prosecute these crimes.“Existing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules and law enforcement methods face challenges in effectively detecting and preventing these crimes.”


The letter contained six questions, three of which were aimed at gauging the federal agencies’ independent findings on cryptocurrency’s link to CSAM. The rest were to identify the need for new tools to identify and prosecute sellers and buyers.


The senators requested a response to the questions by May 10.


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The DOJ’s current technical capacity to examine crypto transactions led to the indictment of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and two of its founders.


On March 26, the DOJ charged KuCoin and its two founders with “conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business” and violating the Bank Secrecy Act, or BSA.“In failing to implement even basic Anti-Money Laundering policies, the defendants allowed KuCoin to operate in the shadows of the financial markets and be used as a haven for illicit money laundering.”


According to the Justice Department, KuCoin received more than $5 billion and sent more than $4 billion of “suspicious and criminal funds.”


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