{"id":18002,"date":"2024-03-21T07:52:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/?p=18002"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:26:44","slug":"kriptoperaci-razumevanje-veze-izmedju-kriptovaluta-i-sajber-kriminala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/2024\/03\/21\/kriptoperaci-razumevanje-veze-izmedju-kriptovaluta-i-sajber-kriminala\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crypto Launderers: Understanding the Crypto and Cybercrime Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18002\" class=\"elementor elementor-18002\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e478d03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"1e478d03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d2d207f ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"2d2d207f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbddad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dbddad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f8623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"15f8623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-carlisle-b218aa12\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DC-Headshot-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"David Carlisle\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-carlisle-b218aa12\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Carlisle\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Elliptic<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e519b4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e519b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777ea5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"777ea5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the past decade, the cybercrime ecosystem has become increasingly reliant on cryptocurrencies as a method for generating illicit proceeds and laundering funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example, ransomware gangs have raised over $1 billion in cryptocurrencies by launching attacks on critical infrastructure around the world, while hostile nation states such as North Korea have engaged in the cybertheft of cryptocurrencies to evade international sanctions. These cybercriminal actors are able to launder funds through an extensive network of complicit cryptocurrency exchanges, underground money laundering services, and new innovative financial platforms in an effort to conceal their profits from law enforcement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aded11b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aded11b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a8e97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84a8e97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Consequently, professionals and academics in the cybersecurity space need to be aware of the ways in which cryptocurrencies can be used to sustain the cybercrime ecosystem. This requires an understanding of how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies are evolving, and the manner in which changing technological innovations shape criminal behaviour. It is only by understanding the intersection of cybercrime and cryptocurrencies that stakeholders in the public and private sectors can develop responses for disrupting cybercriminal activities such as ransomware that have a devastating impact on society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af5059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8af5059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a60fa31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a60fa31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is why I wrote a book devoted to understanding the nexus between cryptocurrencies and illicit activity, <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Crypto-Launderers-Crime-Cryptocurrencies-Beyond\/dp\/1394203195\/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1695743903&amp;refinements=p_27%3ADavid+Carlisle&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Crypto Launderers: Crime and Cryptocurrencies from the Dark Web to DeFi and Beyond<\/a><\/span>which was published by Wiley in December 2023.  In it, I survey the emergence of a cybercriminal ecosystem that has made increasing use of cryptocurrencies, with the aim of helping practitioners in the cybersecurity space and related fields to understand this evolving phenomenon. From the rise of ransomware to the explosive growth in hacking, <em>The Cripto Launderers<\/em> describes how cybercriminals have raised billions of dollars in profits in cryptocurrencies, and how they have developed new and sophisticated methods to launder the proceeds of cybercrime through the cryptocurrency ecosystem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2484de3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2484de3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30dd6c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30dd6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Cripto Launderers<\/em> also surveys in detail the responses that the public and private sectors have developed over the past decade in an attempt to disrupt cryptocurrency-enabled cybercrime. Central to this effort has been the ability to trace funds through the blockchain, which can enable the detection and seizure of criminal proceeds in cryptocurrencies. The book also considers other public policy responses - such as the use of economic sanctions, and expanding the regulatory perimeter around cryptocurrencies - that are being used to try and curtail crypto-enabled cybercrime. The book concludes by taking a look into the future, with an aim of understanding how new technologies, such as the rise of the metaverse, could shape the face of cybercrime and money laundering.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a092dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a092dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0497ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0497ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More about the book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/fintechnologist.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FinTechnologist<\/a><\/span> Podcast<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"> <a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/fintechnologist.net\/david-carlisle-and-the-crypto-launderers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/acams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACAMS<\/a><\/span> Interview <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneylaundering.com\/news\/new-book-tracks-evolution-of-money-laundering-through-cryptocurrency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the impact of criminal activities on public perceptions of cryptocurrencies, the evolution of cryptocurrency, the balancing act between blockchain transparency and the need for financial privacy, the role of regulation and predictions for the future of crypto crime <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybercrime"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18002"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18257,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions\/18257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}