Chile has uncovered a transnational criminal network that uses cryptocurrency for money laundering, involving over 13.5 million US dollars

According to Bitcoin.com, Chilean authorities have recently uncovered the money laundering network of the transnational criminal organization "Tren de Aragua" using cryptocurrency and arrested 52 suspects. The organization transferred illegal gains to eight countries including Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States through bank accounts and encrypted assets, with a total amount involved exceeding 13.5 million US dollars. The investigation shows that money laundering funds come from criminal activities such as human trafficking, murder, and kidnapping. Mexican security experts pointed out that the organization imitated the methods of Mexican drug trafficking groups and used the untraceable nature of cryptocurrency to conceal the flow of funds. Last year, the US Treasury Department classified the organization as a transnational criminal group, accusing it of laundering money through cryptocurrency.