Deputy Director of the National Narcotics Control Office: Criminals use Bitcoin and other tools to transfer funds in drug transactions

Deng Ming, deputy director of the National Narcotics Control Office and deputy director of the Narcotics Control Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said that criminals at home and abroad use instant messaging tools such as Skype to make transactions, use underground banks or Bitcoin to transfer funds, and use international mail parcels to smuggle new psychoactive substances. The transaction methods are diverse and the smuggling channels are more covert. (Xinhuanet)