For those who have never played the CS: GO game, container keys are in-game items, purchased with real money and used to open gift boxes in the game to receive costumes, weapons, ... Previously, players keys can be purchased from Valve and sold to other players for cash, cryptocurrency, or in-game exchanges. For a long time, this system helps players have more income, and easily collect the items they want.
However, the trading of container keys was officially closed by Valve when the publisher discovered this feature was being taken advantage of for money laundering. Official notice from CS: GO website:“Previously, key exchange transactions took place between normal players. However, the global money laundering network has taken advantage of CS: GO keys to liquidate illegal cash flows. At this point, almost all company keys sold are traded or marketed by an illegal entity. Therefore, we decided that recently purchased keys would not be allowed to be exchanged or traded. While this may disrupt some genuine players, fighting illegal activity is our top priority at Steam and its products..”
Valve also emphasized that the long-lasting keys of CS: GO purchased are still circulated on Steam Community Market and traded.This is not the first time CS: GO has involved illegal activities. Previously, CS: GO costumes were used for gambling purposes in 2016 when two Youtubers were discovered promoting this behavior. The publisher has taken some action on gambling sites, but has still not prevented the Washington State Gambling Commission from taking part..
In addition, in France, CS: GO players are provided with X-ray Scanner items used to scan items in containers before unlocking.Big online games with valuable in-game items are always in the sights of money laundering organizations around the world. Riot Games and Blizzard are no exception, having reported in 2016 that illegal organizations sell currency in League of Legends and World of Warcraft games at low prices to legalize "black money" streams. . What do you think about this situation? Leave your comments below!