The Coin Laundry, a global cryptocurrency investigation

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An investigation by more than 100 journalists from 38 news outlets exposes how cryptocurrency platforms profit from the proceeds of crime while those harmed are left with little hope of justice.

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Two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges moved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of funds tied to illicit actors after pleading guilty to crimes relating to money laundering.

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So-called crypto-to-cash desks, which let people anonymously cash out huge sums of crypto without identity checks, have opened a new frontier for money laundering.

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One of the people backing Kevin Spacey’s Hollywood comeback is a crypto guru who allegedly used a rigged cryptocurrency platform to power a massive Ponzi and pyramid scheme.

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The Coin Laundry relies on a trailblazing analysis of tens of thousands of cryptocurrency transactions to expose the global financial flows behind money laundering networks, cyber heists and other criminal enterprises.

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