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Inside Operation Destabilise: How a ransomware investigation linked Russian money laundering and street-level drug dealing

Category Details
Threat Actors Ryuk ransomware group, Conti ransomware group, Trickbot gang, Russian money-laundering networks, Smart Group, TGR Group.
Campaign Overview Operation Destabilise investigated global money laundering tied to ransomware, organized crime, and Russian espionage.
Target Regions UK, Russia, South America, UAE, multiple jurisdictions globally.
Methodology Blockchain analysis, cash-for-crypto schemes, covert operations, centralized data analysis, forensic evidence collection.
Product Targeted Cryptocurrency (e.g., USD Tether), high-cash turnover businesses, real estate, shares, bonds.
Malware Reference Ryuk ransomware, Conti ransomware, Trickbot banking trojan.
Tools Used Blockchain tracking, data analysis, covert surveillance, traditional and digital forensic techniques.
Vulnerabilities Exploited Exploitation of financial systems and cryptocurrency networks for laundering proceeds.
TTPs Use of couriers for cash-to-crypto transactions, leveraging blockchain to transfer value globally, laundering through legitimate businesses.
Attribution Russian criminal networks, Moscow elites, Kremlin-linked espionage, and transnational drug traffickers.
Recommendations Strengthen collaboration between law enforcement and counterintelligence, enhance blockchain monitoring, disrupt courier networks.
Source The Record

Read full article: https://therecord.media/operation-destabilise-money-laundering-investigation-uk-nca

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Source: The Record

Published on: December 23, 2024

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