Europol has raised fresh alarm about how criminals are handling cryptocurrency. According to the agency, misuse of crypto and blockchain is growing more complex and organized, and that trend is stretching police resources across Europe.

Europol Findings And Figures

Based on reports and the agency’s own assessments, the warning followed the ninth Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Crypto Assets held on October 28–29.

EU-SOCTA 2025, Europol’s broader assessment of organized crime, flagged the same issues. Analytics firms are backing up the concern: Chainalysis and TRM Labs have estimated illicit crypto flows in 2024 measured in the tens of billions of dollars. That figure helps explain why investigators say the problem cannot be ignored.

Lawmakers and investigators cited concre

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