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Tracfin to speed up cryptocurrency investigations with private help

Published on 14.06.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

France's financial intelligence service Tracfin is looking to strengthen its capacities in response to the rising numbers of illegal transactions involving cryptocurrencies, at a time when ransomware attacks and sanctions evasion are increasingly rife.

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