Sentences with phrase «illicit use of»

US policymakers have made targeting cryptocurrency - fueled terrorism and the illicit use of digital coins for any purpose a priority.

This month Indian government reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate illicit use of cryptocurrencies.

OFAC will use sanctions in the fight against criminal and other malicious actors abusing digital currencies and emerging payment systems as a complement to existing tools, including diplomatic outreach and law enforcement authorities — To strengthen our efforts to combat the illicit use of digital currency transactions under our existing authorities, OFAC may include as identifiers on the SDN List specific digital currency addresses associated with blocked persons.

Rogoff is of the view that this illicit use of Bitcoin will be curbed as governments around the world move toward regulating cryptocurrencies.

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.

Last, the study notes the need to prevent the illicit use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to get around economic sanctions imposed by the United States or other nations.

Law enforcement officials may face particular challenges when investigating the illicit use of virtual currency.

Would that help prevent illicit use of the signals — and I don't mean just the use without permission, but the use in actual unlawful communications activity such as mentioned above?

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

His main point is to focus upon paragraph 15 of Humanae Vitae (HV) which states «the Church does not consider at all illicit the use of those therapeutic means necessary to cure bodily diseases, even if a foreseeable impediment to procreation should result there from — provided such impediment is not directly intended.»

While there was discussion of illicit use of Bitcoin there was also considerable discussion of the potential economic benefit of the currency.

That bill would, among other things, help establish a system of «rewards for information leading to convictions related to terrorist use of digital currencies,» and «a FinTech Leadership in Innovation Program to encourage the development of tools and programs to combat terrorist and illicit use of digital currencies.»

«PayPal is intensely focused on combatting and preventing the illicit use of our services,» the company said in a statement to Fortune.

A spokesperson for PayPal told Bloomberg that the company is «intensely focused on combatting and preventing the illicit use of our services» and working with law enforcement to stop illegal activity.

Researchers also noted that little is known about the efficacy and safety of off - label use of naloxone for treating overdoses related to newly emerging illicit uses of more powerful opioids such as fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives.

Aimed to counter illicit uses of cryptocurrencies, the new regulations were first set in law when the Australian Senate approved the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017 in early December 2017.

Aimed to counter illicit uses of cryptocurrencies, the announcement comes after the Australian Senate approved the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017 on Wednesday.

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.

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Oregon produces between 132 tons (120 metric tons) and 900 tons (816 metric tons) more marijuana than what Oregonians can conceivably consume, the report said, using statistics from the legal industry and estimates of illicit grows.

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.

«It may even be the case if she was suspected of involvement with someone who used an illicit substance she could be excluded,» Master Sanderson said.

This is a far cry from the early days of the bitcoin craze, when the currency was largely linked with the now - shut down «Silk Road,» which was allegedly used to sell drugs and other illicit items.

While bitcoin has been associated with illicit transactions, estimates of the proportion of the digital currency used in illegal activities vary.

The closure of Silk Road in October, the online marketplace that allegedly allowed more than a billion dollars of illegal drugs and illicit services to be bought using the virtual currency, is cited as another major driver.

By comparison, in states where the drug did become legal for medical use, the rate of illicit use went from 5.55 percent to 9.15 percent.

«This is a concerning rate,» Dedrone CEO Jorg Lamprecht told CNBC, «especially in light of international incidents where drones have crashed into other aircraft, and been used by terrorists, and used in other illicit activities.»

In states that never legalized medical marijuana, the average prevalence of illicit use was 4.54 percent in 1991 and 1992, rising to 6.70 percent in 2012 and 2013.

Illicit use was generally defined as illegal use of marijuana without a prescription at least 12 times during the past year.

A hacker is someone who uses a combination of high - tech cybertools and social engineering to gain illicit access to someone else's data.

Over the years, a number of anonymous websites have sprung up to allow users to use bitcoins to purchase drugs and other illicit products.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said this week that the G20 needed to consider how easily digital coins should be converted into other central - bank issued currencies, as well as the role of anonymity, as «a lot of the underlying use of these currencies has been illicit activity».

At the same time, the Center for Sanctions and Illicit Finance of the Defense of Democracies Foundation outlined in a study that a tiny 0.61 % of the money which enters cryptocurrency trading and conversion platforms has been used against regulations.

To combat the activities of Mexican, Central American, and South American transnational criminal organizations — including illicit finance and money laundering activities and the flow of illegal drugs — the FBI works side - by - side with its numerous domestic and international partners to infiltrate, disrupt, and dismantle these groups by targeting their leadership and using sensitive investigative and intelligence techniques in long - term, proactive investigations.

Bitcoin, a digital currency that is traded on a peer - to - peer network independent of central control, has engendered a wave of creative criminality - from bitcoin theft by hacking online platforms to potentially using the crypto - currency in money laundering, bribery and buying illicit products.

In explaining the rationale of greater enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Spicer cited growing problems with other illicit drug use.

It's also been accused of using its illicit Facebook data to exert untoward influence over voters.

Widespread adoption of virtual currency is hindered by anti-money laundering and illicit trade concerns, as well as volatility, ease of use obstacles, and a lack of basic trust.

In closing, Bair calls on the government and Congress, in particular, to provide additional oversight to prevent fraud, money laundering and the use of cryptocurrencies for illicit activities.

The Bank of Canada also listed concerns it had that bitcoins could be used for illicit transactions and as a means to evade taxes — this has become a common worry for governments and central banks worldwide.

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

Between 1992 and 1995, the proportion of eighth graders using illicit drugs almost doubled; among tenth graders it jumped by nearly two - thirds; among seniors it escalated by nearly half.

If reaching the goal should be the excuse and the defense for the use of illicit or questionable means — alas, suppose he should die tomorrow.

However, here we use the term adulterous in the general sense of an illicit relationship of two persons not married to one another.

Ted Haggard spoke publicly for the first time about his fall from grace two years ago when he was caught in a double - life of illicit sex and drug use.

And it is possible that, whether or not Smith used illicit performance - enhancing drugs, some of her Olympic opponents did.

The old - school wrestler detested the direction of theatrical wrestling in the late - 1980s, but moreover he held huge disdain for a culture of steroid and illicit drug use that he saw perverting the sport.

• For white adolescent males in America, non-resident father involvement was found to buffer the negative effects of living in a lone - mother family on delinquency, heavy drinking and illicit drug use (Thomas et al, 1996).

Although the risks are obviously higher when you're pregnant, breastfeeding poses similar risks of illicit drug use for nursing moms and their babies as well.

They can also help you figure out the best approach to talk to your teen about the possibility of illicit drug use.

The University of Michigan Composite International Diagnostic Interview (UM - CIDI), a revised version of the CIDI, 23 was used to measure the prevalence of the following 4 psychiatric disorders, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised: 24 anxiety disorder (including one or more of social phobia, simple phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder); major depressive disorder; alcohol abuse or dependence; and externalizing problems that included one or more of illicit drug abuse or dependence and antisocial behaviour.