Exactly. That's what I would like to emphasize here: very soon when all those criminals come to realize that using cryptocurrencies(not only Bitcoin) can very likely lead to lead to their capture, they will stop using it, and Bitcoin will no longer be associated with criminal activity, like, ever.
Savvy ones already know, and the fact that as early as 2018, blockchain analytics provided evidence that less than 1% of all transactions were for illegal purposes didn't stop the news mills from recycling the same tired thread. Study from
Elliptic, which I believe has also worked with enforcement agencies.
The study looked at 4 years -- 2013-2016 -- and the highest was in fact in 2013 where it was just over 1%.
"Only 0.61 percent of the money entering conversion services during the four years analyzed were verifiably from illicit sources, with the highest proportion (1.07 percent) seen in 2013."
Dead horses still provide beating value to those eager to consume it.