That depends on how good the sender is at blockchain analysis. In the attached video, Chainalysis provides several examples of transactions where they *could* identify where the money eventually ended up.
E.g. at 26:55 they trace it from Morphtoken to the Columbian guy's wallet
At 30:43 they trace it from the Columbian guy's wallet to ChangeNow or Liquid Exchange
At 32:49 they trace another payment from the Columbian guy's wallet to Exodus Wallet
At 35:08 they do that again, except they aren't sure if it went to Exodus wallet or a mining pool
At 36:51 they trace another payment from the Columbian guy's wallet to centralized exchange, except they aren't sure if it went there or to a merchant point of sale page
And it was at that point that they nabbed him, because he accidentally leaked his ip address while using his wallet to pay that website
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2025-04-28 15:24:38
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2025-04-28 15:24:38Event JSON
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