Public Key

Operation Hackstone: Cross-Border Crypto Investigations

Nov 19, 2024

29:12

Traditional financial crime has evolved from robbing banks to now draining crypto wallets and law enforcement is expected to keep up with this lightning quick and cutting edge technology to combat transnational criminals.

In this episode, Ian Andrews (CMO, Chainalysis) speaks with Jason Conboy, a Special Agent for the Cyber Investigations Liaison team of Homeland Security Investigations. Jason was on stage to accept a Chainalysis customer award for his team’s collaboration with the RCMP in Canada for their efforts to take down a drug trafficking operation involving crypto and darknet markets, as part of Operation Hackstone.

Jason illustrates the critical role HSI plays alongside agencies like the FBI and CIA in tackling crimes that span borders and explains the nuances of fighting modern crimes in a digital era, spotlighting the hurdles and triumphs in using advanced technology to combat cybercriminal activities.

He also emphasizes the indispensable nature of public private partnerships as well as multi-agency collaborations in building effective defenses against evolving criminal strategies.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

2 | Jason’s experience working in law enforcement battling cyber crime and darknet markets

4 | Exploring the role of Homeland Security Investigations in combating cybercrime and transnational organized crime

7 | Evolving criminal tactics and law enforcement's technological adaptation

9 | Cross-border collaboration in combating transnational crime and protecting USA/Canada border

14 | Challenges for investigators, judges and juries when it comes to crypto based investigations

17 | Recruiting Technologically Skilled Agents for Homeland Security Investigations

20 | Public-Private Partnerships and the role they have in fighting cyber crime and money laundering

23 | Multi-agency initiatives to take down crypto and transnational organized crime

26 | HSI’s expansion of the cybercrime center and portfolios in the network intrusion and darknet market space

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Speakers on today’s episode

Ian Andrews *Host* (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis)
Jason Conboy (Special Agent - Cyber Investigations Liaison, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI))

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