The Norwegian criminal police Kripos claims a method of tracing payments in Monero. Together with seven other countries, it allowed the arrest of twenty-eight men at the beginning of June 2026, all suspected of having paid in cryptocurrency access to child criminal forums of the dark web.
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While the Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) is considered anonymous, the Norwegian police can identify its users under certain conditions. As a result, 28 suspects were arrested for offences of child criminality. The article The Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) not so anonymous? 28 suspected pedocriminals were arrested first appeared on Cryptoast.
The Norwegian criminal police Kripos claims a method of tracing payments in Monero. Together with seven other countries, it allowed the arrest of twenty-eight men at the beginning of June 2026, all suspected of having paid in cryptocurrency access to child criminal forums of the dark web.