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This reflects a dangerous conflation of terrorism finance with crypto in regulatory narratives, despite blockchain forensics showing <1% of illicit funds moved via crypto. Regulators may use such cases to justify sweeping Travel Rule expansions, potentially forcing exchanges to freeze assets of users with 'suspicious' metadata - a systemic risk to decentralization principles.

Three Australian women were charged with offences including keeping a slave and being a member of a terrorist organisation for their travel to Syria.