Spanish police say crypto’s complicated following ‘crypto-jihadist’ arrest
Spanish police have claimed that investigating crypto is difficult after arresting a “crypto-jihadist” in Barcelona suspected of owning various crypto addresses linked to terrorist networks funding ISIS. According to Spain ’s Ministry of Interior (MoI), the man was operating various crypto addresses linked to three international terrorist financing networks that fund DAESH — the Arabic acronym for ISIS . The ministry stated that the use of crypto as a financing tool “promoted by fully specialized crypto-jihadists severely complicate the investigations of the security services.” The MoI also emphasized the importance of international cooperation, calling it “ one of the most decisive instruments to be able to neutralize these networks .” According to the ministry, the ISIS network and its “large economic movements” meant that authorities needed to work closely with the French DGSI, the American FBI, the Swedish SÄPO, and Europol. Hamas victims from the US sue Iran, S...