T3 Financial Crime Unit Surpasses $300 Million in Frozen Assets, Strengthening Global Efforts Against Crypto-Related Crime
October 31, 2025
The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), a joint initiative by TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs, has achieved a major milestone, freezing over $300 million in illicit digital assets worldwide. The success reflects TRON’s growing leadership in blockchain security, global cooperation, and responsible innovation across the Web3 ecosystem.
Launched in September 2024, T3 FCU has become a benchmark for public–private collaboration, working hand in hand with law enforcement agencies in 23 jurisdictions to trace and disrupt crypto-related crimes from money laundering and terrorism financing to fraud, hacks, and organized criminal activity.
As a founding partner, TRON DAO has been instrumental in providing the technological infrastructure, on-chain data accessibility, and real-time transparency that make the T3 FCU model effective. By leveraging TRON’s fast, low-cost network, which powers over 60% of global stablecoin transactions, the unit ensures law enforcement can access verifiable data without compromising decentralization.
One of T3 FCU’s defining achievements came through its collaboration with the Brazilian Federal Police in Operation Lusocoin, which froze over R$3 billion (approximately $580 million) in assets, including 4.3 million USDT linked to a criminal network. This operation demonstrated the power of TRON’s blockchain transparency in enabling rapid cross-border enforcement.
Key figures include:
• $83M (27%) frozen in the United States across 37 cases
• Major cases across Europe, Brazil, Australia, and the United Kingdom
• Top typologies: illicit goods (39%), fraud, DPRK-linked hacks, and terrorism financing
“Blockchain has the power to protect as much as it empowers,” said Justin Sun, Founder of TRON. “The T3 FCU’s $300M milestone proves that when technology and institutions cooperate, blockchain becomes a force for global trust and accountability.”
Through the T3+ Global Collaborator Program, TRON and its partners continue to expand participation from major industry players like Binance, promoting a stronger, intelligence-driven network against financial crime. At the UNODC’s 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets in Vienna, TRON DAO’s General Counsel, John Hurston, joined Europol, Tether, Binance, and TRM Labs to present the T3 FCU as a model for cross-sector security collaboration.
In just one year, the T3 FCU has:
• Frozen $300M+ in criminal assets
• Provided direct support to law enforcement across 23 countries
• Established rapid-response protocols for emergency freezes
• Strengthened blockchain’s reputation as a tool for transparency and justice
TRON’s role in T3 FCU underscores its long-term commitment to building a secure, compliant, and trustworthy Web3 economy, proving that decentralization and accountability can thrive together.
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