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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

Transnational Organized CrimeSIGNIFICANT SEIZUREIreland
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.
Corroborated · Sources: The Block · Cointelegraph (July 3, 2026)
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