Europol pledges to increase international cooperation and investment to investigate cryptocurrency crimes

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the head of the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) at Europol warned this week that the methods of committing crimes using cryptocurrency and blockchain are becoming "increasingly sophisticated".

He pledged that Europol will continue to increase investment to support member states in conducting complex international investigations, and called for the establishment of global standards and the provision of impartial blockchain training to strengthen cross-border investigations.