...Brandon C. Dulisse; Jaden Denis; Nathan Connealy Purpose This systematic scoping review aims to map the peer-reviewed evidence on cryptocurrency-enabled money laundering to highlight significant gaps in knowledge, particularly regarding its role in the rapid expansion of Southeast Asia’s scam...

...Mohamed Fathi; Muhammad bin Saud Al-Shammar; Gamal Sayed Khalifa Mohamed Purpose This study aims to contribute to comprehending the challenges faced by Saudi Arabia in tackling the financial crimes enabled by cryptocurrency, especially in decentralized environments. Design/methodology/approach...

... countries. Aline Renda can be contacted at: aline.renda@unil.ch © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Anti-money laundering Cryptocurrency Crypto assets Blockchain Currently, around 1.4 billion adults worldwide face...

... anonymous [ 3 ] (The Finnish Government, 2018). Against this backdrop, this article will later discuss the adequacy and proportionality of the current regulatory environment and proposed changes to the AML framework within the European Economic Area. KYC Cryptocurrency Know your customer...

... business. Virtual money then started to become a phenomenon in society since the emergence of cryptocurrencies as a form of technology development of e-commerce activities. Design/methodology/approach This research method is normative law which is prescriptive. The data collection technique used...

...Mohammad Belayet Hossain The purpose of this study is to analyze the anti-money-laundering (AML) policies in place around the world for digital assets and cryptocurrencies. Mohammad Belayet Hossain can be contacted at: galib@ciu.edu.bd © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald...

... cryptocurrency sector with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and risk-based AML diligence systems maintained by financial institutions. The borderless nature of digital currency and exchanges means that the existing laws and regulations are inadequate to address cross-border money laundering...

... many law papers have explored the white supremacist movement, the financing side has gone under-analyzed in scholarly research. This is important in light of the rise of the internet, online payment processors, cryptocurrencies and remote organizing and fundraising. Social implications The 2017...

...Katsiaryna Bahamazava; Stanley Reznik Purpose In the age of DarkNetMarkets proliferation, combatting money laundering has become even more complicated. Constantly evolving technologies add a new layer of difficulty to already intricated schemes of hiding the cryptocurrency’s origin. Considering...

... of understanding the “virtual assets” and “cryptocurrency” essence, the peculiarities of the scientific community views on the given definitions, the authors use the method of terminological analysis and concepts operationalization. The authors use the extrapolation method to determine the possibility...

... distributed ledger technologies, the dominance of cryptocurrency in the digital currency space, and the need to curb illicit criminal activities using cryptocurrency. There are two particular reasons for this review. First, this review seeks to identify the major research themes in the CBDC literature...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode This study aims to explore how to deanonymize cryptocurrency money launderers with the help of machine learning (ML). Money is laundered through cryptocurrencies by distributing funds to multiple accounts and then reexchanging the crypto back. This process...

... of privileges accorded to states under FATF exclusion provisions in applying global standards against money laundering. Virtual assets Money laundering Exclusion provisions Cryptocurrency Legitimate expectation Bangladesh Despite its wide acceptance as a digital representation of value (Hanafi...

...Md. Zahurul Haq; Zainal Amin Ayub; Zuryati Mohamed Yusoff; Md Abdul Awal Khan Purpose This paper aims to critically explore the factors influencing the regulation of gambling and cryptocurrencies as part of anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives in Bangladesh. As a member of the Asia/Pacific...

...Christoph Wronka It is quite clear that cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology will continue to accompany one in the coming years. Further credit institutions arising in the market exposed to the described risks will be seen. The paper will therefore present and evaluate possible risk...

... model (“cash-in”) With the threat of ransomware rapidly evolving and new families of malware emerging, it is ever more pertinent to understand the patterns and the footprint these attacks leave in the cryptocurrency ecosystem to understand and possibly circumvent ransomware attacks. In what...

... cryptocurrencies are being used as a vehicle for financial crime (such as money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption) and propose a more effective international standard for regulation that uses the Liechtenstein blockchain act as a benchmark. This paper investigates how cryptocurrencies...

... application is probably cryptocurrency. Ever since the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was invented in 2008, compliance experts have criticized its role in allegedly facilitating criminal activity. In particular, it is frequently argued that cryptocurrencies are used for illicit online purchases, to finance...

... (Turner and Irwin, 2018). At the time WannaCry was one of the biggest outbreaks of ransomware (F-Secure, 2017), proving a strong indication of the evolving cryptocurrency threat from ransomware and the need for intelligence services to counter that threat. Adam B. Turner can be contacted...

... the funds from their suspicious origins; and integration – moving assets in a way that allows money to be reintegrated into the economy and which benefits the criminal (Brown, 2016). Cryptocurrencies are unique in that they may enter or exit the process at any stage and serve as both...