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โค Crypto Now Makes Up 3.3% of Germanyโs Suspicious Activity Reports
Germanyโs Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says crypto-related anti-money laundering (AML) alerts rose by 8.2% in 2024, reaching 8,711 reports โ up from 8,049 the year before.
Thatโs 3.3% of all SARs filed, a new record, and a 23.6% jump from 2020 levels.
โค Top Cryptos Cited: Most of the flagged reports involved:
Tether (USDT)
โค Banks Sounding the Alarm Over 6,000 reports came from banks, mostly tied to transfers involving:
Crypto exchanges
Mixing services
Gambling sites
This shows that traditional financial institutions are now major watchdogs in the crypto space.
โค Why It Matters The FIU says these rising numbers reflect how criminals are using crypto in more complex and global ways.
One major case cited involved 44 bank accounts and 8 crypto accounts used to move money across borders.
They warn that old tools arenโt enough anymore and call for:
โ Better real-time data analysis
โ Faster, tech-driven investigations
โ More collaboration between authorities and platforms
โค Experts See a Bigger Trend Tobias Schweiger, CEO of anti-crime firm Hawk, says the spike is tied to:
Growing crypto adoption
Rising financial crime overall
Lagging detection tools
But he adds that EUโs MiCA rules and AI-powered monitoring tools will soon make it harder for bad actors to hide.
โฉ The Future?
Experts predict even more crypto-related alerts in coming years โ but also better tools and faster reactions.
The goal: shift from reactive alerts to proactive crime prevention in real time.