NFTs Money Laundering Crime Models and Anti-money Laundering Regulation
With the gradual expansion of NFTs transaction scale,trading platforms and trading network,the risk of NFT being used for money laundering also gradually increases.Due to their characteristics of anonymity of entity association,low transaction costs,market price uncertainty,etc.,coupled with the uncertainty of legal and policy supervision and the loopholes of regulatory system,NFTs can naturally replace the traditional art,and become the new favorite of the money laundering crime market.The mode of self-buying and self-selling laundering transaction conducted by criminals using NFTs has become common pattern of money laundering crime,involving criminal risks such as money laundering,manipulation of the securities and futures markets,aiding information network crimes and illegal transaction of virtual currencies.It is imperative for regulators and administrators to clarify regulatory policy guidance and establish a legal compliance framework,explore classified regulatory systems and standardize the governance of the secondary market,and achieve the compliance governance and supervision of the NFT market by strengthening customer identity investigation and multi-sector anti-money laundering cooperation.