Malaysian authorities have brought home 15 victims of a suspected cybercrime scheme, who had been lured into Cambodia by lucrative yet phony job offers, the country’s foreign ministrysaid.

The U.K. government introduced a new bill to block kleptocrats and criminals’ dirty money from flowing freely through its economy by cracking down on fraud and money laundering.

The South Korean founder of a collapsed cryptocurrency firm, credited with causing the recent crypto-market crash that cost investors US$500 billion, has denied being on the run from accusations of fraud and financial crime probes in multiple jurisdictions.

The U.S. seized over $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from the online game Axie Infinity by North Korean-linked hackers, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysissaid on Thursday.

Russia will likely soon legalize use of virtual currencies in international trade amid the deepening impact of sanctions brought in response to war in Ukraine.

The Australian Federal Police launched a unit dedicated to the tracing and seizure of cryptocurrency related to illicit activities, such as money laundering and offshoring, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday.

As feared by Western governments, Russian oligarchs have begun using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions brought in response to the war in Ukraine.

U.S. crypto firm Nomad announced on Twitter that it is offering hackers up to 10% bounty to retrieve user funds after losing US$190 million in a massive hacking attack.

U.S. authorities seized approximately half a million dollars worth of cryptocurrency from North Korean hackers that targeted healthcare providers, according to a Department of Justice announcement on Tuesday.

Online games that incentivize players by rewarding them with virtual assets are wide open to money laundering, scams and other forms of financial crime, according to a former CIA analyst.

A U.K. parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into dangers associated with crypto assets as the government pushes to turn the country into a global crypto-hub.

Brazilian federal policelaunched an operation last week against a criminal gang that used crypto tokens to launder money from illegally extracted gold, imposing potentially irreversible environmental damages to the northern region of the country where the extraction site was located.

Do Kwon, CEO of South Korean crypto-firm Terraform Labs, has denounced allegations he cashed out more than US$2.7 billion ahead of the collapse of two virtual currencies backed by his company.

The U.S. Secret Service agent overseeing recovery of fraudulently-obtained pandemic relief funds says collaboration between law enforcement agencies, the private sector and academics represents the best chance of retrieving illicit proceeds laundered through cryptocurrency.

In the largest financial seizure in its history, the U.S. The Department of Justice (DOJ) took more than US$3.6 billion in cryptocurrency from a Manhattan couple that planned to launder the sum stolen during a 2016 cyber attack.

Spanish police said on Monday that they have arrested seven people suspected of being members of a criminal network that trafficked cocaine and then used cryptocurrency to launder the proceeds.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested two Malaysian nationals in the western Sydney area in connection with a money-laundering operation that worked through cryptocurrency exchanges. The AFP seized nearly a quarter-million US dollars in cash in the case.

U. S. authorities said they will seize and sell around US$56 million in fraudulent proceeds from a conspirator self-described as the “number one promoter” of BitConnect, a cryptocurrency investment scheme which was in fact a Ponzi scheme.

Thousands of protesters marched in El Salvador's capital for several days last week in response to the government's decision to declare bitcoin legal tender alongside the US dollar.

Italian Mafia groups, particularly ‘Ndrangheta, the country’s strongest and most powerful criminal syndicate, are growing more and more attuned to modern tools like cryptocurrency and the deep web, the Italian Anti-Mafia Directorate (DIA) said in their latest report covering the first half of 2020.