It has been argued that with the increasing crypto economy and the liquidity of cryptocurrency globally, cryptocurrency could potentially serve as another vehicle for money laundering activities. Yet, only a handful of studies probe the emerging nexus between cryptocurrency and money laundering and the feasibility of anti-money laundering (AML) strategies presented by law enforcement and financial institutions from a criminologist’s perspective. Therefore, this study uses the literature on money laundering to analyze the features of cryptocurrency that account for its popularity. A money laundering triangle is presented that corresponds with the use of cryptocurrency from within a criminological framework. This study also suggests that in addition to domestic and international interagency cooperation across jurisdictions, future developments should target the characteristics of cryptocurrencies such as anonymity, decentralization and blockchain which could help make cryptocurrency usage less attractive to motivated offenders across money laundering stages.

有人认为，随着加密经济的增长和全球加密货币的流动性，加密货币有可能成为洗钱活动的另一种工具。然而，只有少数研究从犯罪学家的角度探讨了加密货币与洗钱之间正在出现的联系，以及执法部门和金融机构提出的反洗钱 (AML) 策略的可行性。因此，本研究使用有关洗钱的文献来分析导致其流行的加密货币的特征。提出了一个洗钱三角形，它与犯罪学框架内的加密货币的使用相对应。这项研究还表明，除了跨司法管辖区的国内和国际机构间合作外，