PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO STOP ILLEGAL USE OF VIRTUAL CURRENCIES, SAY EXPERTS

JOINING expertise from the public and private sector to combat money laundering or terrorism financing (TF) aided by virtual currencies (VCs) is the way forward, financial crime experts told MEPs at the June 18 meeting of the European Parliament’s special committee on terrorism. Presenting the European Parliament-commissioned study*, “Virtual currencies and terrorist financing: assessing the risks and evaluating responses,” authors Tom Keatinge and David Carlisle [NAME/SPELL CHECKED]told MEPs: “Public-private partnerships across the European Union [EU] ...


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