14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (472+ words) A secretive Border Patrol unit called PITT is mining financial records, flagging names, and feeding leads to local cops for traffic stops based on predictive analytics rather than confirmed crimes. Somewhere between your bank account and a highway patrol car,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (82+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (370+ words) A single-day operation targeting a Telegram-based Chinese-language marketplace froze tens of millions in dirty crypto and dismantled scam compounds across Madagascar The DOJ’s Scam Center Strike Force had a busy Tuesday. On September 9, 2026, the task force restrained approximately $52 million in…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (391+ words) OFAC designated the Telegram-based marketplace as a transnational criminal organization after it allegedly processed up to $24.2 billion in illicit transactions since 2022 The US Treasury just put a target on one of the largest illicit marketplaces most people have never heard…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (297+ words) The DOJ and FBI seized over $560,000 in digital assets and took down internet infrastructure used by Hamas's military wing to solicit crypto donations. The US Department of Justice has spent years chasing terrorist money through the blockchain, and the latest…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (355+ words) Law enforcement is fighting back with blockchain analytics contracts and cross-border wallet freezes, but organized crime's shift to crypto is accelerating faster than regulators can keep up The case is part of a broader pattern that Israeli law enforcement has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (178+ words) The Justice Department is considering prize courts to process captured tankers and cargo as part of the Iran blockade. The US Justice Department is preparing to revive a dormant maritime court system to process the military seizure of Iranian oil…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) Joint US-Cambodia raids seized $7 million in crypto assets and over 200 kilograms of illegal drugs tied to the Mexican cartel's laundering network A joint operation between Cambodian and US anti-drug agencies dismantled a cryptocurrency money laundering network allegedly run on behalf…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) A TRM Labs analysis of 30 addresses linked to Iranian cyber defendants reveals $16.8 million in inflows across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and TRON. The most striking data point in the TRM Labs findings is how concentrated the flows were. Defendant Keyvan Fayaz controlled…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (437+ words) On-chain investigator ZachXBT traced $667K in stolen crypto from two violent French home invasions to a suspect flaunting their lifestyle on Telegram Two home invasions in France. Victims hospitalized. Roughly $667K in crypto stolen at knifepoint. And the suspect allegedly celebrated it…...