Chainalysis-led “Operation Lighthouse” targets child exploitation networks with Binance and Coinbase, generating more than 14,000 investigative leads

Chainalysis organized a multi-day global effort, "Operation Lighthouse," combining crypto investigators, exchanges and law enforcement to probe child sex abuse material networks using blockchain intelligence. The operation was headquartered at the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance in New York and involved agencies including Europol, the Australian Federal Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the UK's National Crime Agency. Europol team leader Danny van Althuis said perpetrators exploit financial services, payment systems and online platforms, stressing that these sectors must join forces to combat online child sexual abuse. Authorities have flagged crypto's growing use in such networks as an acute problem.

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