​Kosovo Government Cracks Down on Crypto Mining in Mainly Serb | Crypto Shake

​Kosovo Government Cracks Down on Crypto Mining in Mainly Serb North

Law enforcement in Kosovo has carried out raids against cryptocurrency mining in a northern municipality where Serbs form the majority of the population, the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a member of the Albanian-led government in Pristina.

According to Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli, police have seized 174 devices designed to mint digital currencies. Announcing the operation in Zubin Potok on social media, she insisted that the failure to pay electricity bills encourages such illegal activities.

Consumers in the predominantly Serb northern part of Kosovo have not paid for electric power in over two decades. Serbia does not recognize the unilaterally declared independence of the territory, the rest of which is mostly inhabited by ethnic Albanians.