How crypto assets are being used for organised crimes inc. trafficking of humans, drugs and migrants

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This panel discussion at the 8th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies examined how crypto assets are being used for organised crimes including human trafficking, migrant smuggling and drug trafficking.

Fabrizio Fioroni, AML/CFT Adviser at UNODC, moderated an expert panel:

- Tarana Baghirova Financial Investigations Programme Lead, OSCE
- Scott Johnston, Director of Business Development EMEA, Chainalysis
- Adedeji Owonibi, Senior Partner - Virtual Asset Regulatory Compliance & Investigations, A&D Forensics
- Ronnie Francis Cariaga, Acting Director Police Brigadier, Philippine National Police - Anti-Cybercrime Group

The panel discussed:

1. What are some of the significant challenges and opportunities of investigating/combatting the use of cryptocurrencies for organised crimes including human trafficking, migrant smuggling and drug trafficking?

2. Given the threat landscape for combatting these crimes – are we already behind the curve? How do we get ahead of the curve? What are the different approaches globally?

The conference was co-organised by Europol and the Basel Institute on Governance and was hosted this year by UNODC at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Learn more: https://baselgovernance.org/node/2640
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