Elliptic partners with UK agencies to tackle crypto-enabled sanctions evasion
Sanctions evaders are drawn to cryptoassets because they assume blockchain complexity will slow investigators down. UK agencies are proving them wrong: Elliptic recently joined a cross-government operational sprint led by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to identify and disrupt crypto-enabled sanctions evasion and money laundering.
Together with OFSI, we worked alongside the following agencies :
- National Crime Agency (NCA)
- Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- City of London Police
- Regional Organised Crime Units
Our investigators and data scientists sat side by side with agency analysts and investigators to turn blockchain intelligence…
