Irish Gangs Are Renting Private Vaults to Hide Crypto Keys
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Irish criminal gangs are renting private vaults to store cryptocurrency private keys, placing them next to cash, watches and passports, according to the Criminal Assets Bureau. The bureau reports that these secure boxes enable illicit actors to conceal digital assets from law‑enforcement seizure. This trend highlights growing challenges for regulators and investigators as crypto anonymity fuels sophisticated money‑laundering schemes.
Keys are going into rented boxes alongside cash, watches and passports, Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau says.