Digital currencies such as Bitcoin are enabling individual criminals, who come together on an ad-hoc basis, to boost the “crime-as-a-service” business model. The newly-released Europol report titled, ‘Exploring Tomorrow’s Organised Crime’, states: “ Virtual currencies increasingly enable individuals to act as freelance criminal entrepreneurs operating on a crime-as-a-service business model without the need for a sophisticated criminal infrastructure to receive and launder money. ” The research, aimed at identifying the key trends in the […]
