Warren Flags Crypto Ties to Child Sexual Abuse in Letter to DOJ, Homeland Security

Warren Flags Crypto Ties to Child Sexual Abuse in Letter to DOJ, Homeland Security


The bipartisan pair of U.S. senators underlined crypto’s history as a mainstay of transactions to purchase illegal pornography featuring children. Their letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security noted the difficulties in heading off these crimes and asked the top law-enforcement officials what more can be done.

Leading crypto critic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland what tools the federal government needs to crack down on the use of digital assets to perpetrate child sexual exploitation, according to a letter she sent to the top U.S. law-enforcement official.

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