Interpol creates a division to combat cryptocurrency crimes – Bits Media

The international organization of the criminal police intends to pay more attention to the fight against crimes, related to digital assets.

For this, Interpol will form a separate unit. A special group will be created in Singapore, And the main task There will be help to authorities.

Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Strek (Jürgen Stock) stated, that the absence of a clear legal base for regulation of crypto industries creates serious problems for law enforcement agencies. State agencies are often not trained properly and do not have the necessary equipment to combat such crimes. The rod added, that in the immediate plans of Interpol there will be a study of cryptocurrency crimes in India. Information was confirmed by the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation of India, Sinch (Praveen Sinha).

According to Sinch, tracking cryptocurrency crimes is becoming more and more difficult, Therefore, the country needs to support foreign colleagues. Besides, International cooperation and information exchange will improve the work of law enforcement agencies around the world.

Interpol is calculating, that to 2030 year the work of the new unit will be fully debugged, Also, How the international database on sexual operation of children is currently operating, Helping law enforcement agencies around the world to identify on average seven victims of cruelty to children daily.

Earlier Office of Financial Supervision of Great Britain (FCA) mining farms ceased operations after inspections by government agencies, that cryptocurrency fraud came to first place in the number of complaints of injured investors.