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| France arrests 29 in anti-terror Syria financing sting |
| 2020-10-01 |
| [IsraelTimes] French police have arrested 29 people in a sting operation targeting a network of terror financing for jihadist Yes, but which jihadis in Syria? We need to know such things! The network, active since 2019, mostly operated via the purchase of crypto-currency coupons whose references were given to jihadist contacts in Syria and then credited to bitcoin accounts, the anti-terror prosecutors’ office says in a statement.This way to transfer funds marks a departure from previous methods identified by La Belle France’s anti-terror financing and money laundering services, which mostly involved cash mandates, it says. "Constant surveillance of these networks prompted terrorist organizations to seek more opacity by using crypto-currencies such as bitcoin," the statement says. |
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