Odaily News The U.S. Department of Justice announced a coordinated action with Germany and Finland to shut down the online infrastructure used to operate the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which is alleged to have facilitated money laundering and sanctions violations for transnational criminal organizations, including terrorist organizations, and has processed at least $96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions since April 2019. Two Garantex executives were charged with operating a multi-billion dollar crypto money laundering service.