伊丽莎白·沃伦声称加密货币是虐待儿童材料的“支付选择” - Decrypt

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is again attacking cryptocurrency, this time linking the digital asset market to child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

美国参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（马萨诸塞州民主党人）再次攻击加密货币，这次将数字资产市场与儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）联系起来。

In a bipartisan open letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security—cosigned by Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy—Warren called crypto the “payment of choice for child abuse material.”

在路易斯安那州美国参议员比尔·卡西迪联合签署的两党致美国司法部和国土安全部的公开信中，沃伦称加密货币是“虐待儿童材料的首选支付方式”。

“We are writing to express our concerns regarding the use of cryptocurrency in the illegal trade of child sexual abuse material and to obtain information about the tools needed by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to end this illicit trade,” the senators wrote.

参议员们写道：“我们写这封信是为了表达我们对在儿童性虐待材料的非法交易中使用加密货币的担忧，并获取有关司法部和国土安全部结束这种非法交易所需工具的信息。” 。

In the letter, Warren and Cassidy said cryptocurrency and the anonymity it provides facilitates trade in images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, pointing to a 2021 report by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

沃伦和卡西迪在信中表示，加密货币及其提供的匿名性促进了描绘儿童性虐待的图像和视频的交易，并指出了国际失踪和受虐儿童中心 2021 年的一份报告。

The letter also cited a February report by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that called Bitcoin the “convertible virtual currency” (CVC) of choice for child exploitation and human trafficking between 2020 and 2021.

信中还引用了美国财政部金融犯罪执法网络 (FinCEN) 2 月份的一份报告，称比特币是 2020 年至 2021 年间剥削儿童和人口贩运的首选“可兑换虚拟货币”(CVC)。

Out of 2,311 reports received, “2,157 reports specifically referenced bitcoin as the primary CVC used for purported [Online Child Sexual Exploitation]- and human trafficking-related activity,” FinCEN reported. No currency was specified in the remaining filings. “From this dataset, FinCEN identified over 1,800 unique Bitcoin wallet addresses related to suspected OCSE and human trafficking offenses.”

FinCEN 报告称，在收到的 2,311 份报告中，“2,157 份报告特别提到比特币是用于所谓的[在线儿童性剥削]和人口贩运相关活动的主要 CVC。”其余文件中没有指定货币。 “FinCEN 从该数据集中识别出 1,800 多个与涉嫌 OCSE 和人口贩运犯罪相关的独特比特币钱包地址。”

The senators also mentioned a recent “Crypto Crime Report” by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis that noted privacy coins like Monero being adopted by CSAM vendors.

参议员们还提到了区块链分析公司 Chainaanalysis 最近发布的一份“加密货币犯罪报告”，其中指出 CSAM 供应商正在采用门罗币等隐私币。

“Many CSAM vendors have adopted Monero in recent years, though Bitcoin is by far the most widely used cryptocurrency for CSAM purchasing,” Chainalysis wrote. “The data suggests Monero’s role is more prevalent in CSAM vendors’ efforts to launder their on-chain earnings, rather than to obscure the purchases themselves.”

Chainaanalysis 写道：“尽管比特币是迄今为止 CSAM 购买中使用最广泛的加密货币，但近年来许多 CSAM 供应商都采用了门罗币。” “数据表明，门罗币在 CSAM 供应商洗钱其链上收入的努力中所扮演的角色更为普遍，而不是掩盖购买行为本身。”

Chainaylsis acknowledged that it was difficult to verify Monero’s role directly on-chain using standard blockchain analysis techniques but could report on CSAM vendors’ use of Monero-friendly instant exchanges as a proxy.

Chainaylsis 承认，使用标准区块链分析技术很难直接在链上验证门罗币的角色，但可以报告 CSAM 供应商使用门罗币友好的即时交易作为代理的情况。

The office of Senator Warren did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Decrypt.

沃伦参议员的办公室没有立即回应 Decrypt 的置评请求。

Warren and Cassidy set a May 10 deadline for the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to respond, saying it would help ensure Congress and the Biden Administration are doing their part to address challenges related to CSAM and cryptocurrency.

沃伦和卡西迪为司法部和国土安全部设定了 5 月 10 日做出回应的最后期限，称这将有助于确保国会和拜登政府尽自己的一份力量来应对与 CSAM 和加密货币相关的挑战。

“Existing anti-money laundering rules and law enforcement methods face challenges in effectively detecting and preventing these crimes,” the letter said. “We are committed to ensuring that Congress and the administration have the full suite of tools needed to end CSAM and punish sellers of this material.”

信中说：“现有的反洗钱规则和执法方法在有效侦查和预防这些犯罪方面面临挑战。” “我们致力于确保国会和政府拥有终止 CSAM 并惩罚此类材料卖家所需的全套工具。”

In addition to asking the agencies to outline their most pressing needs, the letter asked for a current assessment of the role that cryptocurrency plays in facilitating CSAM, whether the use of cryptocurrency poses any unique challenges to efforts to identify and prosecute these crimes, and what steps they are currently taking to address them.

除了要求各机构概述他们最紧迫的需求外，这封信还要求对加密货币在促进 CSAM 方面发挥的作用进行当前评估，加密货币的使用是否对识别和起诉这些犯罪的工作构成任何独特的挑战，以及他们目前正在采取措施来解决这些问题。

In her ongoing crusade to stamp out the illicit use of cryptocurrency, Warren introduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act in December 2022 to extend the regulatory framework that applies to traditional financial institutions to include cryptocurrency firms. Digital asset wallet providers, miners, and validators would have to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements.

在持续打击加密货币非法使用的斗争中，沃伦于 2022 年 12 月提出了《数字资产反洗钱法案》，以扩大适用于传统金融机构的监管框架，将加密货币公司纳入其中。数字资产钱包提供商、矿工和验证者必须遵守了解你的客户 (KYC) 和反洗钱 (AML) 要求。

Last summer, Warren sounded the alarm on cryptocurrency’s use in the fentanyl trade, again calling for stronger regulations. She has also been a vocal supporter of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s actions of cryptocurrency—and called the agency’s approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January the wrong move.

去年夏天，沃伦对芬太尼交易中使用加密货币发出了警报，再次呼吁加强监管。她还一直是美国证券交易委员会加密货币行动的直言不讳的支持者，并称该机构在一月份批准比特币 ETF 是错误的举动。

"If the SEC is going to let crypto burrow even deeper into our financial system, then it's more urgent than ever that crypto follow basic anti-money laundering rules," Warren wrote on Twitter.

沃伦在推特上写道：“如果美国证券交易委员会打算让加密货币更深入地渗透到我们的金融体系中，那么加密货币遵守基本的反洗钱规则就比以往任何时候都更加紧迫。”

Edited by Ryan Ozawa.

瑞恩·小泽编辑。