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WhatsApp chat used to launder cash for crime and extremism
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A WhatsApp group chat was used to launder hundreds of millions of euros in cash around the world, funding organised crime and extremism with no paper trail, an investigation by European broadcasters has found.
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- Why it matters
- The investigation documents a specific method—encrypted messaging for untraceable fund transfers—that criminal and extremist networks have used to move large sums without detection.
- Most affected
- Law enforcement agencies tracking organized crime and extremism — face a harder-to-detect funding channel operating through encrypted platforms
- Likely next
- whether law enforcement agencies identify or disrupt the specific WhatsApp group or networks involved in the scheme
Also reported by: BBC