Ireland seizes another 500 BTC from drug trafficker

Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), in cooperation with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), has seized an additional 500 BTC identified as criminal proceeds from Dubliner Clifton Collins, an Irish drug dealer, The Block reported. This latest seizure brings the total amount of recovered Bitcoin to 1,500 BTC, valued at approximately $92 million at current market prices. Collins is known to have stored 6,000 BTC, obtained from cannabis cultivation and trafficking, across 12 separate wallets. Authorities previously recovered 500 BTC in both March and May.