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BOMBSHELL: Sweden Declares War on Crypto Scammers, Calls Them Out as Professional Money Launderers in Blunt Takedown That Will Leave Bitcoin Bros Reeling

A comic-style illustration depicting a Swedish flag waving in front of a cityscape at night, while a giant hammer comes crashing down on a group of shadowy figures lurking around cryptocurrency exchanges. The exchange platforms are shown as four distinct profiles (node, hawala, asset, and platform) with chains linking them to money laundering activities. In the background, Bitcoin mining rigs are seen being shut down by authorities.

Sweden’s latest move shows that even in a world where cryptocurrency enthusiasts think they can hide from reality, there are still authorities willing to call out these exchanges for what they really are: professional money launderers. It seems like every week we get another report of some shady crypto operation getting caught with its hand in the cookie jar (or should I say, the wallet). And let’s be real, it’s not just Sweden – countries all over the world are starting to take a closer look at these exchanges and what they’re really doing. It’s almost as if people who actually know something about finance and economics have finally caught on that cryptocurrency is basically just numbers on a computer created from thin air.

Source: cointelegraph

The Swedish Police Authority and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) have classified cryptocurrency exchanges as “professional money launderers (PML)” following an analysis of services provided by unlicensed and illegal providers. According to the FIU, PMLs have criminal links and enable several individuals and criminal networks to systematically launder money.  Based on their analysis of underlying characteristics, the FIU categorized PMLs into four profiles: the node exchange provider, the hawala exchange […]

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