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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

'Cash for Crypto' gangs operating out of Russia smashed in global law enforcement crackdown

Two multi-billion dollar Russian crime networks face new US sanctions in the culmination of a major crackdown on money laundering for drugs gangs, spy networks, and organised crime.

Figures with close ties to the Kremlin have been secretly funneling dirty money around the world, investigators say, swapping suitcases of cash for cryptocurrency for the mutual benefit of criminal gangs and corrupt member of Moscow’s elite.

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