Operation Lighthouse Delivers 14,300 Crypto Crime Leads

Operation Lighthouse targeted on crypto-enabled baby sexual abuse materials (CSAM) networks.Chainalysis stated on August 25, 2026 that the multi-day operation generated 14,300 investigative leads throughout 11 cryptocurrency exchanges and fee providers. It additionally recognized 7,700+ suspect accounts in 125 nations, together with 16 registered intercourse offenders, in line with Chainalysis.Chainalysis stated the figures characterize separate investigative levels—digital identifiers examined, accounts recognized and leads handed to providers—and shouldn't be handled as interchangeable counts.Knowledge SnapshotMetricCurrentPreviousChangePeriodAs ofSourceInvestigative leads generated14,300——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026ChainalysisSuspect accounts identified7,700+——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026ChainalysisCountries with suspects identified125 nations——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026ChainalysisCryptocurrency addresses and digital identifiers investigated29,120——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026ChainalysisCSAM platforms, boards, and distribution networks targetedmore than 100 distinct——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026ChainalysisLaw enforcement businesses convened9+——Operation LighthouseAugust 25, 2026Chainalysis29,120 identifiers linked to greater than 100 CSAM networksInvestigators examined 29,120 cryptocurrency addresses and digital identifiers throughout Operation Lighthouse. They focused greater than 100 distinct CSAM platforms, boards and distribution networks throughout the floor internet and darkish internet, in line with Chainalysis.The operation’s said remit prolonged to shoppers, distributors, market operators and directors inside crypto-enabled CSAM networks. That scope locations the address-level investigation behind the 14,300 leads generated for exchanges and fee providers.Blockchain investigation visualization related to Operation Lighthouse. — Supply: Chainalysis7,700+ suspect accounts recognized in 125 countriesChainalysis reported the identification of seven,700+ suspect accounts throughout 125 nations. The account determine included 16 registered intercourse offenders.The figures measure various things. Suspect accounts have been recognized in the course of the operation, whereas the 14,300 investigative leads have been generated throughout 11 cryptocurrency exchanges and fee providers; neither whole corresponds one-for-one with the 29,120 addresses and digital identifiers investigated.Public-private coordination on the New York crypto-intelligence sprintOperation Lighthouse was a multi-day crypto-intelligence dash led by Chainalysis and hosted on the Nationwide Cyber-Forensics and Coaching Alliance in New York. The initiative introduced collectively regulation enforcement businesses, private-sector companions and specialised nonprofits in a coordinated public-private effort.Contributors disclosed by Chainalysis included Europol, the Australian Federal Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the UK Nationwide Crime Company, Binance, Coinbase, Block and the Web Watch Basis. The dash convened 9+ regulation enforcement businesses.The figures present the operational scale of the investigation: 29,120 cryptocurrency addresses and digital identifiers examined, 7,700+ suspect accounts recognized and 14,300 leads generated for 11 cryptocurrency exchanges and fee providers.

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