Europol turns cryptocurrency crimes into a game
By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day | June 14, 2019 -- 13:17 GMT (06:17 PDT) | Topic: Security
European law enforcement is training its officers in the emerging field of cryptocurrency-related crimes by developing a game specifically for the task.
Europol said at the sixth Cryptocurrency Conference, hosted at its headquarters this week, that the "cryptocurrency-tracing serious game" will launch in October at the Europol-Interpol Cybercrime Conference and is the "first law enforcement training opportunity on cryptocurrency and investigation using gamification."
The game, developed between Europol and the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC), has been designed for investigators to gain virtual experience in tackling real-life challenges associated with criminal cryptocurrency investigations.
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