French investigators said on Tuesday they have opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud, drug trafficking and other charges against crypto platform Binance. Spokespeople for Binance did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

France’s public prosecutor is investigating Binance on suspicion of breaking money laundering and terrorist financing laws, in the latest probe into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance is “likely to have assisted in habitual money laundering .

French prosecutors stepped up a money laundering investigation into Binance tasking an investigative magistrate with deeper investigatory powers to lead the case.

French officials have begun a criminal investigation into Binance for suspected failings in countering money laundering, opening another front in the crypto exchange's legal battles. Binance, which [p