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Kenyan regulators are tendering for blockchain tools to track crypto crime.
PANews reported on July 8th that, according to Decrypt, the Kenya Capital Markets Authority is tendering for a blockchain monitoring tool to track fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion on more than 20 public blockchains. This move aims to support law enforcement needs under Kenya's new crypto legal framework. The platform will automatically issue alerts for high-risk wallets, large transfers, coin mixers, Dark Web linked addresses, and sanctioned entities, and will screen transactions against UN and US Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions lists.
Vietnamese police reported on the ONUS cryptocurrency case, seizing over 350 kilograms of gold and silver and freezing eight real estate transactions.
Foresight News , citing Vietnam's Tuoi Tre newspaper, the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently held a press conference to report on the investigation into the ONUS cryptocurrency case. A representative from the Investigation and Security Department (A09) of the Ministry of Public Security stated that in the investigation of the ONUS cryptocurrency exchange's alleged embezzlement, police have seized over 350 kilograms of gold and silver, frozen transactions involving eight properties worth 200 billion Vietnamese dong, and suspended over 300 bank accounts used by the defendants to trade with investors. On March 23rd of this year, police filed criminal charges against eight defendants, accusing them of using computer and telecommunications networks to commit embezzlement and money laundering. Since 2018, the perpetrators have exploited the public's lack of understanding of cryptocurrencies, creating digital accounts through applications and packaging them as virtual currencies. They built trust and attracted investment through cyclical buying and selling between affiliated companies, ultimately embezzling funds. Between 2018 and 2021, they sold over 7 trillion Vietnamese dong worth of cryptocurrency. A representative from A09 stated that the case involves numerous individuals and users, with approximately 5 million user accounts currently in operation. Police have received over 2,000 reports from citizens, and the recovery of assets is ongoing. They are also investigating whether social media influencers colluded with the defendants in promoting the cryptocurrency.
Chinese police disclose the evidence-gathering process for tracking and freezing cryptocurrencies.
According to Mars Finance, citing the South China Morning Post, Sun Shengbin of the Wenzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau and Lou Yandi of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department published a technical paper in the journal Criminal Technology on June 4, systematically disclosing the process of evidence collection, tracking, seizure, and freezing in cryptocurrency-related cases.
Japanese police uncover money laundering case involving stablecoins: fraudulent funds were converted into crypto assets; experts warn of regulatory challenges.
According to Odaily Odaily, stablecoins, which have attracted attention from governments and financial institutions as a new type of electronic payment tool, are being used by some criminal groups for money laundering. Because stablecoins are pegged to fiat currencies, have relatively low price volatility, and offer fast transaction speeds, fraud gangs have begun converting proceeds from specific scams into stablecoins to conceal the source of their funds. In March of this year, Osaka Prefectural Police arrested three men on suspicion of violating the Organized Crime Punishment Law, accusing them of assisting an investment fraud ring in laundering funds. Police stated that the three men converted approximately 14 million yen from 10 victims across six prefectures in Japan into crypto assets, including stablecoins, in an attempt to conceal the flow of the funds. According to the investigation, the three individuals were engaged in "over-the-counter" (OTC) trading of crypto assets between individuals without the intervention of exchanges, and the police believe that they may be involved in money laundering activities involving billions of yen. The report points out that stablecoins operate on blockchain technology and have features such as transaction records that are difficult to tamper with, but rapid cross-border transfers and peer-to-peer transaction models also increase the difficulty of tracking. Naoyuki Iwashita, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, stated that once digital assets are used by criminals, subsequent investigations and fund tracing will face greater challenges. As stablecoins expand their application in the Japanese market, industry insiders believe that strengthening anti-money laundering (AML) measures and transaction regulation will be necessary for their continued development. (Kyodo News)
Claude bids farewell to the era of anonymity: Anthropic will introduce facial recognition for real-name authentication, allowing data sharing with police even without summonses.
According to Mars Finance, on June 15th, Anthropic sent a notification to users of an updated privacy policy, announcing the implementation of new terms of service starting July 8th, 2026. The new policy not only introduces real-name and facial recognition authentication but also lowers the threshold for disclosing user data to law enforcement agencies, marking a further end to the anonymity era for large model services. Under the new rules, Anthropic may require Claude Free, Pro, and Max users to complete identity verification in specific scenarios such as detected account abuse, violations, or suspected underage use. The verification process is conducted through the third-party compliant service provider Persona, requiring users to upload government-issued identification documents and take a real-time selfie for comparison. Anthropic emphasizes that the biometric and document data uploaded by users will not be stored on Anthropic's own servers and will not be used for model training or marketing. A more crucial change is the adjustment to the data sharing terms. The old policy required the disclosure of user data only when "mandatory by law." The new rules stipulate that Anthropic may proactively share user conversation logs and data with law enforcement or government agencies if it has a "good faith belief" that disclosure is "reasonably necessary" to prevent personal injury, fraud, illegal activities, or to maintain the platform's terms of service. This adjustment to the data sharing terms only applies to individual consumer accounts; data from enterprise and API clients remains protected by commercial confidentiality agreements. Previously, on June 9th, Anthropic implemented a mandatory 30-day data retention policy for its most robust models, including Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to analyze adversarial attacks and jailbreak patterns. This policy change has sparked widespread discussion in the privacy community, with some enterprise users beginning to reassess the privacy boundaries of their Claude usage.
Chainalysis provides transaction monitoring and investigation tools for Robinhood Chain.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to Crowdfund Insider, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has supported Robinhood Chain, providing the Layer 2 network with transaction monitoring, address screening, and investigation tools. New tokens minted on Robinhood Chain will be automatically added to the Chainalysis data platform without manual configuration. Clients can monitor transactions in real-time via KYT and track fund flows and visualize transaction paths using Reactor.