UNODC Working Group on Smuggling of Migrants: the Statement of the Holy See
Vienna, 14 October 2021 – The use of cash payments to avoid transparency in recent years has shifted into the even less transparent world of digital payment and cryptocurrencies.
The Statement of the Holy at the UNODC Working Group on Smuggling of Migrants, delivered today by Dr Yuriy Tykhovlis, addresses the worrying question of uncontrolled payments through blockchain platforms and the dangerous role that the unregulated use of cryptocurrencies plays in the smuggling of migrants.
