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Podcast: Public Key
Episode: How Crypto Fuels Trade Based Money Laundering
Description: In this episode, Ian Andrews (CMO, Chainalysis) speaks to Michael Firing (Assistant Director, Field Operations, Center for Intelligence, Targeting, and Enforcement (CITE), who is involved with investigations covering human and fentanyl trafficking, trade based money laundering and the movement of crypto in and out of the US.
They discuss the role of the newly created CITE agency in combating various threats, including terrorism, transnational organized crime, and illicit trade.
Michael also highlights the challenges of the increasing use of cryptocurrency in criminal activities such as drug trafficking and human trafficking and the importance of collaboration bet...