{"id":53959,"date":"2021-12-02T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53959"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:45:46","slug":"nearly-114000-in-bitcoin-seized-from-uzbek-drug-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/nearly-114000-in-bitcoin-seized-from-uzbek-drug-traffickers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly $114,000 in Bitcoin Seized from Uzbek Drug Traffickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan&#8217;s State Security Service has dismantled a drug-trafficking ring in Tashkent, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p>During searches of the suspects, authorities seized various synthetic and chemical substances, and $113,770 in bitcoin was confiscated.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have opened a criminal case; the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office of the Kirov region <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kirov-region-drug-traffickers-accused-of-laundering-1-2-million-rubles-via-bitcoin\">accused<\/a> drug traffickers of money laundering through cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, a hacker breached a major forum for drug trafficking in the CIS and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/data-on-organizers-and-users-of-a-drug-trafficking-forum-put-up-for-sale-in-bitcoins\">put up for sale<\/a> data on the organizers and users of the platform for bitcoins.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan&#8217;s State Security Service has dismantled a drug-trafficking ring in Tashkent, according to local media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1172,1206],"class_list":["post-53959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-seized-bitcoins","tag-uzbekistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"5","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53961,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53959\/revisions\/53961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}