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Italian police arrest 30 in crackdown on crypto money laundering network

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Italian financial police arrested 30 suspects and seized assets worth 21 million euros, targeting a mafia-like group that laundered money through cryptocurrency. Investigators allege the organization helped companies evade taxes totaling 110 million euros via fake invoices and moved approximately 68 million euros overseas through crypto exchanges.

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Italian Police Bust Mafia 'Secret Bank' Using Crypto for Money Laundering, Seize $23.6M
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  1. 1Unclassified fact stationOct 22, 00:00recorded Oct 22, 19:25single sourcerevised

    意大利警方查封涉黑加密钱洗钱团伙

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    Subject：
    意大利金融警察
    Action：
    逮捕30人并查封资产
    Object：
    涉及'Ndrangheta、Camorra等组织的地下钱庄
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    Oct 22, 00:00
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    Oct 22, 18:45
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    Oct 22, 19:25
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    Italian Police Bust Mafia 'Secret Bank' Using Crypto for Money Laundering, Seize $23.6M

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    Italian police arrested 30 people linked to a mafia-run 'hidden bank' operating from a car-rental business near Milan, seizing €21 million (about $23.6 million) in assets, including cryptocurrency. The network, linked to 'Ndrangheta and Camorra groups, issued over €110 million in fake invoices to help businesses evade taxes and moved about €68 million abroad, partially through crypto exchanges into wallets controlled by the network in Luxembourg, Lithuania, and Germany. The investigation also implicated a financial police inspector, a Milan court employee, and a lawyer.

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