Europol: Real estate, luxury goods, and cash-intensive businesses are the main money laundering tools of major criminal networks in the EU

ChainCatcher message, data from Europol indicates that real estate, luxury goods, and cash-intensive businesses are the primary money laundering tools for major criminal networks in the EU, with cryptocurrency accounting for only a small proportion. Reports from Nasdaq and the U.S. Treasury show a significant disparity in the amount of illicit funds between traditional industries and the digital asset sector, with the latter representing only a small fraction of the total.