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one another by incorporating the analytical tools utilized by each
agency. Agencies and government officials should become familiar
with virtual currency like Bitcoins. Because of the anonymity and
lack of regulatory oversight, virtual currency offers terrorist groups
a useful means to finance illicit activities on an international level.
A new government agency may be needed to tie together all of
the financial forensics efforts of the different organizations so
that information sharing is not compartmentalized.

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