NCA takes out network that laundered ransomware payments | Computer Weekly
Briefly

Operation Destabilise has exposed billion-dollar money laundering networks operating in a way previously unknown to international law enforcement or regulators. For the first time, we have been able to map out a link between Russian elites, crypto-rich cyber criminals and drugs gangs on the streets of the UK. The thread that tied them together - the combined force of Smart and TGR - was invisible until now.
The NCA and partners have disrupted this criminal service at every level. We have identified and acted against the Russians pulling the strings at the very top, removing the air of legitimacy that enabled them to weave illicit funds into our economy.
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