The last few months have opened the eyes of the American public to global nefarious activity. Dark fleets have long traveled the high seas, carrying cargo outside of international laws, norms, and standards. This fleet has increased to a thousand-ship armada, allowing rogue regimes and criminal actors to avoid oversight and skirt the power of American financial systems as they pursue their illicit activities.
Never has that activity been as robust as it is today, and the opacity of cryptocurrency has empowered and emboldened criminals and tyrants like never before. The Islamic Republic of… Read More in Real Clear Politics