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Cryptocurrency mixing service used to launder money taken down

Authorities from Germany and Switzerland, together with Eurojust and Europol, took down a cryptocurrency mixing service suspected of being used by criminals to launder proceeds from various criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, online fraud and other cybercrimes. During an action week, more than EUR 25 million in cryptocurrency was seized and three servers were taken down.

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