| Heading: |
Cryptocurrencies: Crime |
| Question ID: |
1813636 |
| UIN: |
60727 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5239 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Gibson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Gibson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of cryptocurrency use in illicit finance; and what steps she is taking to reduce this activity. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4243 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dan Jarvis
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| Answering Member handle: |
DanJarvisMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DanJarvisMP
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| Answer text: |
Directed by the Economic Crime Plan 2 (and supported by an Economic Crime Levy funding) UK law enforcement is investing in improving both its capacity and capability to investigate the criminal use of cryptoassets. This includes:Investing in specialist ca... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |