Indian Crypto Trail Unravels Dark-Web Links to Terror Financing
A cryptic trail of international transactions has been uncovered by Gandhinagar Cyber Crime Police and the Cyber Centre of Excellence in May, allegedly linking dark-web drug trafficking with terror-financing networks.
The investigation found that Indian cryptocurrency wallets were used to move millions of dollars through exchanges like Binance, with deposits and withdrawals exceeding $116 million in USDT/USD transactions.
According to the 10,000-page chargesheet, funds sourced from dark-web marketplaces, including ARTEMISLAB.CC and ABACUS Market, were moved through Binance wallets and converted to cash via peer-to-peer transactions.
The network allegedly intersected with wallets linked to international terror-financing clusters, with investigators tracing connections to Hamas and the Houthi group, Ansar Allah.