Cryptocurrency as an object of criminal encroachment in transnational economic crimes

Abstract

The article is devoted to the scientific research of cryptocurrency as an object of criminal encroachment in transnational economic crimes and the necessity for further research and improvement of national and international legislation in this area.

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