PARIS (Reuters) -French investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The economic and financial crime section of the Paris public prosecutor's office (JUNALCO) said in a statement that the probe includes money laundering in connection with drug trafficking.

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.