Thanks to the efforts of the authorities of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Europol employees today managed to stop the activities of the Bestmixer service, which allowed its users to complicate or completely eliminate the ability to track transactions in the Bitcoin network.
The investigation began in June 2018 – Bestmixer accused of money laundering and illegal financing. The investigation was carried out with the support of McAfee, which specializes in the development of products designed for protection in the digital space. The result of the work of Europol and McAfee is blocking Bestmixer, the confiscation of six servers in the Netherlands, as well as Luxembourg.
Note that Bestmixer was one of the three largest mixers, which allowed to interact with such cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and some others. Representatives of Europol noted that the investigation was able to obtain information on transactions conducted through the platform over the past year, including IP addresses, wallet addresses, chat history, and other data. They will reportedly be analyzed and handed over to law enforcement agencies in other countries.
