Argentina Freezes Crypto Wallets Linked to Terrorism Financing
Argentina has frozen cryptocurrency wallets linked to terrorism financing, marking a significant step in the country’s regulatory crackdown on digital assets. The Financial Information Unit (UIF), Argentina’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism body, identified wallets associated with Hay’et Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian group designated as a terrorist organization by international bodies. The freeze targets transactions traced to HTS and two suspects: a Russian national in Argentina and a foreign national flagged by the U.S. Treasury and Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing. While HTS recently lost its U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) status, it remains universally recognized as a threat,…
