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In a first, the US has used a nationwide dark web bust to arrest more than 35 black market dealers.
[...] A slew of agencies (the Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations, the Secret Service, the DEA and the Postal Inspection Service) have announced the first-ever national-level undercover bust of dark web outfits selling drugs, weapons and other contraband. HSI agents pretended to be money launderers on multiple sites in an operation that resulted in arrests for "more than" 35 vendors and seizures worth $23.6 million.
Among the seizures were opioids, over 100 guns (including a grenade launcher), $3.6 million in gold and cash, and 2,000 bitcoins. Law enforcement also grabbed bitcoin mining devices and cars bought using the ill-gotten income. Officials didn't name all the those facing charges, but examples ranged in age from 21 to 34 and included multiple people in New York and California.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/26/undercover-dark-web-bust-leads-to-35-arrests/
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @05:12PM (9 children)
I guess we'll be seeing a lot less of Ethanol-Fueled unless he gets bail. I'm sure Jmorris was only held for questioning, he's got a stick lodged so far up his butt I doubt he would participate in such activities. Be a dark web voyeur? Sure, jmorris could satisfy those dark urges with just dipping his toe in there. Runaway is here, but I woulda thought that grenade launcher was his.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:40PM (8 children)
The grenade launcher was TMB's newest addition to his fishing gear.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:54PM
TMB use explosives for fishing? But that is immor... oh, I see what you did there.
(Score: 3, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:21PM (6 children)
Kinda defeats the point of fishing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:31PM
how having a lot of dead fishes to eat defeat the purpose of fishing.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)
"It's not about the fishing, it's about the fish."
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:08AM
Exactly. I much prefer to go catching than fishing.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday June 28 2018, @03:42AM (2 children)
Damned skippy. While I like a good explosion as much as the next red-blooded American male, fishing is not primarily about catching fish. It's primarily about relaxing. If this can be done while drinking an appropriate beverage and swapping lies with a few old-timers, so much the better. Mind you, it is fun when they're biting too.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by nekomata on Thursday June 28 2018, @02:45PM (1 child)
The fish or the old-timers?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:06AM
Either would be fairly entertaining, I suppose.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.