THE HAGUE, April 19 (Reuters) - The number of cross-border drug trafficking cases referred to the European agency for dark market prosecutorial cooperation nearly doubled in four years to 562 in 2020, partly driven by a huge increase in the production of synthetic drugs, the agency said.

A lawyer for the self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street', Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, and her husband Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, claim neither of them are 'flight risks' because Morgan has frozen embryos in the city.

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By Tom Wilson LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, darkmarket link blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector.

By Tom Wilson LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to illicit activity including scams, darknet Market markets and ransomware jumped 80% from a year earlier, Chainalysis said in a report.

The activity represented just 0.15% of total crypto transaction volumes, its lowest ever.

THE HAGUE, April 19 (Reuters) - The number of cross-border drug trafficking cases referred to the European agency for dark web market list prosecutorial cooperation nearly doubled in four years to 562 in 2020, partly driven by a huge increase in the production of synthetic drugs, the agency said.

Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations.The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illegal goods online, Europol said today.

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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a man with plotting an Islamic extremist attack in the Hamburg area around the time of last year's 20th anniversary of the Sept.
11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

The German-Moroccan dual citizen, identified only as Abdurrahman C. in line with German privacy rules, was in August. An indictment filed at the Hamburg state court charges him with preparing a serious act of violence and violating weapons laws.