Crypto Payments to Human Traffickers Surges 85%

Chainalysis reports a large and growing use of cryptocurrencies to fund and facilitate human trafficking and online sexual exploitation: activity spans Telegram-based escort and labor placement services, prostitution networks, and CSAM vendors (with increasing use of Monero). The report highlights transaction patterns (large stablecoin transfers, regular conversions, wallet clusters), geographic concentration, and links to scam compounds and money-laundering networks, and provides indicators for compliance teams and law enforcement to monitor.