If this is news to you, you are a noob.

They are a front for Binance.

This is war time. Use any centralised third party as if they are your enemy.

Tainted (risk scored) transactions are a real thing on transparent chains.

That's why cypherpunks preach the use of Monero.

In the case of Travala, the removal of Monero (after advertising it big times on Reddit and elsewhere) has been a gigantic red flag.

Huge business opportunity for those who know how to set this up correctly.