🚨Crypto #Crime Surges in Western Balkans: GI-TOC Report
🔹Annual crypto volume in region: $25B–$30B; tens of millions linked to crime
🔹Crimes: money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal mining
🔹Montenegro is a dark web hub; Albania & Serbia active in laundering
🔹Only 3 crypto seizure cases recorded region-wide
🔹Regulatory gaps: MiCA doesn’t cover region; Kosovo law unenforced
🔹GI-TOC urges FATF standards, Europol coordination, blockchain tools
🔹Without reforms, crypto crime is expected to worsen