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January 11, 2026 @ 3:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent demonstration of international collaboration, Operation Sentinel has delivered a major blow to cybercrime networks across Africa. Coordinated by INTERPOL under the African Joint Operation against Cybercrime (AFJOC), this month-long initiative from October 27 to November 27, 2025, resulted in the arrest of… Read More

January 6, 2026 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs noted that in a major escalation of US efforts against Venezuelan leadership, the Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment against President Nicolás Maduro and several co-defendants, including his wife Cilia Flores, on January 5, 2026. TRM Labs also mentioned that this followed… Read More

December 27, 2025 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs says it has traced stolen crypto from 2022 LastPass Breach with on-chain indicators suggesting Russian cybercriminal involvement. The blockchain focused security and analytics firm shared key insights on these latest findings along with other pertinent details. The TRM team has also shared some… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs policy team’s Ari Redbord and Angela Ang were joined by TRM’s EMEA Compliance Advisor Luke Dufour for a review of what mattered most in global crypto policy in Q4 2025. As jurisdictions across the globe move from rule‑setting to execution, the crypto and… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As this year finally comes to a close, TRM Labs is reflecting on the impact their customers have had — from exposing exploitation and fraud, to dismantling various violent criminal networks, to disrupting money laundering networks, to recovering stolen funds for unsuspecting victims. TRM Labs… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence platform, announced a partnership with Sphinx, a key player focused on AI agents for financial crime detection and compliance operations. Together, the two firms will now aim to bring next-generation automation and intelligence to compliance teams facing operational pressure. According… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Eurojust announced the results of an international operation that has been credited with dismantling a transnational criminal network, which is said to have been behind one of the largest crypto investment fraud schemes uncovered to date. TRM Labs noted in an extensive… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US this past week had announced the seizure of approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin from a so-called forced-labor pig butchering scam operation. As reported, the United States government noted that $15 billion worth of BTC was linked to a Cambodian man who allegedly carried… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past month, Brazil’s Polícia Federal launched Operation Lusocoin, which is described by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs as a sweeping investigation into a rather sophisticated criminal network that has been accused of laundering billions of reais via various cryptocurrency transactions. TRM Labs recently revealed… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 1:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nine new ransomware groups have been identified in a key update shared by TRM Labs. And all of them are said to be a part of one evolving ecosystem. In their latest blog post, the team at TRM Labs examines the operations behind these emerging… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs announced the launch of Beacon Network, the real-time crypto crime response network. Built in collaboration with law enforcement, exchanges, and stablecoin issuers, Beacon Network is designed to “prevent illicit funds from leaving the blockchain.” Founding members “include Coinbase, Binance, PayPal, Robinhood, Stripe, Kraken,… Read More

August 18, 2025 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a provider of blockchain intelligence solutions, announced a strategic integration with Sumsub. This integration enables Sumsub users to “leverage TRM’s risk intelligence to screen wallet addresses, score transactions, and review risk signals in real time – all in one dashboard in Sumsub’s Crypto… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU)—a joint initiative by TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs—announced the launch of “T3+,” a global collaborator program made up of some of the key players in the crypto ecosystem. It is designed to expand public-private collaboration to “combat illicit… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence platform, continues to develop products and shared its latest updates, designed to empower investigators, compliance teams, and intelligence professionals to detect and mitigate crypto-related risks more effectively. These enhancements from TRM Labs focus on surfacing actionable risk signals faster, improving… Read More

August 9, 2025 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the cybercrime, ransomware space, there remains a persistent and growing threat, with new groups emerging to exploit vulnerabilities and extort organizations worldwide. A report from TRM Labs provides a detailed analysis of the Embargo ransomware group, its sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and… Read More

August 7, 2025 @ 4:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report released by TRM Labs, titled Shadow Bankers: Illicit Actors in Crypto Networks, the blockchain analytics firm delves into the clandestine world of cryptocurrency-enabled financial crime. The document provides a comprehensive analysis of how illicit actors exploit decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized exchanges, and… Read More

August 3, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telegram’s May 2025 ban on two major illicit cryptocurrency marketplaces, Huione Guarantee and Xinbi Guarantee, has disrupted Southeast Asia’s guarantee services ecosystem, though it has not eradicated it. According to a July 29, 2025, report by TRM Labs, these platforms, which facilitated over $35 billion… Read More

July 22, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, addressing the escalating intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and criminal activity. The hearing, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Exploitation: A New Era of… Read More

July 9, 2025 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The first half of 2025 has marked a grim milestone for the cryptocurrency industry, with over $2.1 billion stolen across 75 distinct hacks and exploits, according to a recent report by TRM Labs. This figure not only surpasses the previous first-half record set in 2022… Read More

May 27, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report titled All Roads Lead to China, TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm, has unveiled the intricate web of Chinese underground banking networks that have emerged as the financial linchpin of global illicit activities. These networks, leveraging both traditional and modern financial mechanisms,… Read More