LE FIGARO.
- Two Islamists were tried in Paris last week for having
created cryptocurrency wallets for terrorists in Syria.
Are crypto-assets the future of terrorist financing?
Nathalie Goulet
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- This is a real subject that needs to be discussed.
Even if I do not believe that it will become the main source of financing for terrorism.
On the other hand, it is urgent that the legislator be better informed and that he better master a subject that Europe is asking us to regulate.
Cryptoassets often seem distant and virtual when in reality they impact our daily lives.
Financial intelligence units in the United States and Europe, such as Tracfin in France, are extremely attentive.
In 2019, Tracfin highlighted in particular a risk of opacity.
And we know that individuals have bought bitcoin coupons in tobacconists to finance jihadists.
But there are many other modes of financing.
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