Criminal Assets Bureau
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No. 4 · Saturday, 4 July 2026
Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau cracks third 500-BTC wallet from decade-old drug case, 2026 total reaches 1,500 BTC
What? Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau, working with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, confirmed a third 500-bitcoin recovery (worth roughly $30-90 million depending on valuation) tied to convicted drug trafficker Clifton Collins, whose 6,000-bitcoin drug-proceeds stash — split across a dozen wallets — was long thought unrecoverable. Roughly 4,500 bitcoin, worth over $275 million at current prices, remains in still-dormant wallets.
Sources: The Block · Cointelegraph (July 3, 2026)
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Mission areas Transnational Organized Crime
Countries Ireland
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