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posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 27 2018, @03:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the poor-security dept.

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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/


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:27PM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:27PM (#699501) Homepage Journal

    Most of it on .com, which domain is under the control of the US.

    Quite likely there's lots of pedos who don't bother with Tor Browser. Why doesn't the FBI arrest them?

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:02PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:02PM (#699527)

    Because this wasn't a bust for CP, it was a bust for drugs and guns. Next question?

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