Terrorist Financing

Binance's KYC Cost Exchange ‘Billions in Revenue,’ Says Compliance Officer
Binance’s KYC Cost Exchange ‘Billions in Revenue,’ Says Compliance Officer
Three leading members of Binance’s compliance team opened up to Reuters about what it takes to deal with fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and bad press for the wor...
Binance's KYC Cost Exchange ‘Billions in Revenue,’ Says Compliance Officer

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CBDCs Can Stop Aid Falling Into Terrorist Hands
Central bank digital currencies, like the digital shekel, can be programmed to stop money reaching the wrong people, says Orbs' co-founder.
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The seal of the U.S. Treasury Department.
US Sanctions Bitcoin Address Belonging to Suspected Syria-Based Terrorist Fundraiser
According to the US Treasury Department, the suspect solicited donations for a militant group involved in the Syrian civil war.
The seal of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Hamas Organizes A Demonstration Supporting Hezbollah
Israeli Seizure Order Shows Hamas Holds USDT, TRX, DOGE
The wallets, 84 in all, show the terrorist group has diversified its holdings far beyond bitcoin.
Hamas Organizes A Demonstration Supporting Hezbollah

FATF Financial Action Task Force
FATF Report on Extreme Right Financing Highlights Cryptocurrency Use
“Some [extreme right-wing] groups have used so called ‘privacy coins,’” the FATF report states.
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Masked teenager holding the Palestinian flag.
52 US Representatives Are Backing a Bill Targeting Hamas Financing
The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act would leverage sanctions against individuals and governments donating to Hamas, including donations made in bitcoin.
Masked teenager holding the Palestinian flag.

Hamas, Gaza
Hamas Sees Surge in Donations Through Bitcoin: Report
An unidentified Hamas official said there has been a "spike" in the past month, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at Consensus 2019
The Node: Bitcoin, Warts and All
If mass adoption is the aim, we might as well tell the truth about what that world looks like. The whole truth.
Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at Consensus 2019

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) organized Thursday's hearing on terrorist financing.
Crypto Is Spared Scapegoat Treatment in US Hearing on Terror Financing
Witnesses didn't call for new domestic terror statutes or treat cryptocurrencies as a tool uniquely suited for illicit finance in a U.S. Congressional hearing Thursday.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) organized Thursday's hearing on terrorist financing.

French police
French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in Syria
Hundreds of thousands of euros may have been supplied through a secret network benefiting al-Qaida-linked extremists in northwestern Syria.
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