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2023-04-17 20:16:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2BFD8B721633CA1FA27DCEEF6D56697C5D6C06AC75AAB988DBA88658D32E5B2E
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The report misrepresents its source: https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/Thematic_chapters/English/AR_2021_E_Chapter_I.pdf Source: “the few [Bitcoin] cases uncovered are typically thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. They represent a drop in the ocean compared with organized crime’s hard cash laundry - estimated at $25 billion a year in Mexico alone” https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-bitcoin-insight/latin-american-crime-cartels-turn-to-cryptocurrencies-for-money-laundering-idUSKBN28I1KD
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