US allocates $5M to train foreign police in crypto tracing
- —The State Department's $44M package includes $5M for blockchain-tracing training
- —The PACIFIC program covers Australia, New Zealand, France and Pacific island nations
- —A separate $4M funds the RIPTIDE project with Interpol and the WCO across 196 countries
- —The FBI gets $5M under the EPIC program for money-laundering and cybercrime probes
Why it matters: Washington is widening its international grip on crypto flows, tightening pressure on illicit networks and raising compliance bar for exchanges.
Source: Livecoins