Sentences with phrase «illicit goods»

Unsurprisingly, Ukrainian officials also noted the possible use of cryptos to purchase illicit goods, like drugs and weapons.

Announced late Monday, the unit will go after «misconduct perpetrated using the dark web,» where bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are used to pay for illicit goods, the SEC said.

Blockchain, the digital ledger technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, was initially made popular on the dark web, allowing criminals to sell illicit goods on the Silk...

Although the platform does not cater to those selling and buying illicit goods, Tor will allow many darknet market participants to set up their own storefronts using Openbazaar instead of the dark web.

Where there is big money, there is always the temptation for theft, price manipulation, sale of illicit goods, money laundering, and Ponzi schemes.

Of the two, Monero has more vendor support at the time of writing, but still far less than Bitcoin or even Litecoin, and primarily on hidden - service sites merchandising illicit goods.

Sir Julian highlighted Europol's work exposing how sophisticated crime syndicates exploit online trade in illicit goods, adding that «online fraud is now the most common crime in the UK».

Using more innocent facades to smuggle illicit goods is in the very nature of contraband, but it's not everyday that those facades are old Famicom carts, and that the smuggled goods are dozens of spiders crammed inside said carts.

The cards depicting the various illicit goods you grab throughout the game also look utterly boring.

In the presence of the UN Secretary - General, Ban Ki - moon, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to launch a new public awareness campaign calling on tourists to help reduce demand for illicit goods and services linked to transnational organized crime.

The joint campaign, to be launched later this year, aims to raise awareness among international tourists about the types of illicit goods and services to which they are often exposed during their travels and which directly or indirectly fund organized crime groups.

Le Carré's finest novel in years, it is also an intimate portrait of two families: one Russian, the other English; one trading illicit goods, the other laundering the profits; one betrayed by a son - in - law, the other betrayed, and redeemed, by a son.

The police sting hit two markets, AlphaBay and Hansa, that were responsible for the trading of over 350, 000 illicit goods such as drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware

Exchange collapses and sales of illicit goods and services continue to occur.

The Senate hearings, thus, will come as people are able to obtain drugs, guns and other illicit goods using bitcoins.

With a new Dread Pirate Roberts, the website grew far beyond the original website: the number of vendors, illicit goods and orders soared.

In the United States, lawmakers have been examining potential rules for Bitcoin, which is the currency of choice on certain online markets for drugs and other illicit goods.

Australia will send a military aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring illicit goods in defiance of U.N. sanctions, he said.

Reitblat points to two top priorities for consumers: Protecting their card data from scammers and avoiding the purchase of illicit goods.

On its website, Verge is described as a cryptocurrency which «improves upon the Bitcoin blockchain» and uses open - source software like Tor and I2P — both of which have been used in connection to the former trading site for illicit goods, the Silk Road.

Not exact matches

EU ministers want «to curb more effectively the illicit trade in cultural goods,» the draft document said.

As with any other asset or medium of exchange, Bitcoins can be used to purchase illegal goods or fund illicit activities.

UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon commended this innovative joint initiative between the two partner UN Agencies: «The illegal trade in goods and services often funds unscrupulous people involved in human trafficking, the illicit ivory trade and other areas that cause immense suffering and destruction.

The campaign will encourage tourists to make informed decisions and help reduce demand for trafficking in persons, cultural artefacts, wildlife, fauna and flora such as ivory products, as well as counterfeit goods, and illicit drugs.

In true mafia fashion your goal is to control turf within New York, fulfil illicit jobs using ill - gotten goods and ultimately line your pockets with as much cash as possible, because whoever is richest at the end of the game walks away as the winner.

As with tiger parts, exotic pets, elephant ivory, ebony and other rare, but coveted biological goods, stemming demand is as vital as clamping down on illicit trade.

The centerpiece is a series of short video advertisements, featuring Harrison Ford, discouraging people from buying pets, curios, medicines or other goods that are part of this $ 10 - billion - a-year illicit trade.

Counterfeit goods often sold on illicit websites pose a threat to consumer health and safety as well as to the nation's economy.

Support initiatives to shut down illicit websites globally that traffic in counterfeit goods and facilitate digital theft.

While the KCS did not disclose whether it is taking any legal actions currently against these businesses, it said it will continue the effort in investigating on similar activities as well as illicit use of cryptocurrency in money laundering and smuggling illegal goods such as drugs.

Mar. 24, 2018 - This week in 3D printing saw a ton of news including a high - profile lawsuit between 3D printer companies Desktop Metal and Markforged, illicit uses of 3D printed goods, new 3D printed robots, materials, printers, and more.

«The anonymity that characterizes the means of production and transfer of the majority of crypto - assets favors above all a risk of them being used to criminal ends (sold on the internet for illicit services or goods) or used to the end of money laundering and the financing of terrorism.»

Assisted in the prevention, detection, and apprehension of potential terrorists, undocumented immigrants, smuggling of humans, weapons, illicit drugs, and agricultural goods.