The World Wide Web (www) consists of the surface web, deep web, and Dark Web,
depending on the content shared and the access to these network layers. Dark Web consists …

Blockchain, also coined as decentralized AI, has the potential to empower AI to be more
trustworthy by creating a decentralized trust of privacy, security, and audibility. However …

Identifying illicit behavior in the Bitcoin network is a well explored topic. The methods
proposed over time have generated great insights into the deanonymization of the Bitcoin …

With the overall momentum of the blockchain industry, financial crimes related to blockchain
crypto-assets are becoming increasingly prevalent. After committing a crime, the main goal …

The ecosystem around blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is seeing more and
more interest from centralized regulators. For instance, recently, the US government placed …

In this study, we reviewed the laws and legal regulations that mandate banks and financial
services organizations to implement anti-money laundering efforts which are responsible to …

The number of money laundering crimes for Ethereum and the amount involved have grown
exponentially in recent years. However, previous studies related to anomaly detection for …

In this paper we propose UBIC, a novel blockchain-less architecture that preserves the main
advantages of classic cryptocurrencies while avoiding their pitfalls. The proposed …

With the overall momentum of the blockchain industry, crypto-based crimes are becoming
more and more prevalent. After committing a crime, the main goal of cybercriminals is to …

The shadows of a drug paddler may soon be invisible on the street corner as they have
moved to online drug marketplaces called 'cryptomarkets'. The criminogenic attributes of …