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One of the Largest Dark Net Markets ‘of All Time’ Falls to Police

posted by mrpg on Monday May 06 2019, @03:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the that-you-know-of dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Fnord666_

Police from around the world shut down the biggest active black market on the dark web this month, according to announcements from law enforcement agencies in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands released on Friday.

Wall Street Market, as the black market site was known, was the target of a 1.5-year-long multinational investigation. Three Germans were arrested on April 23 and 24 inside Germany for their alleged role in creating and administering the site that sold illegal drugs, documents, weapons, and data.

"WSM was one of the largest and most voluminous darknet marketplaces of all time," FBI Special Agent Leroy Shelton wrote in the criminal complaint released on Friday.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/one-of-the-largest-dark-net-markets-of-all-time-falls-1834511568

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @06:38PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @06:38PM (#839763)

    Everyone knows the oldest profession - prostitute.
    However, the contenders for SECOND oldest profession are:
    "Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly with orders to reconnoitre the country. The two men came to Jericho and went to the house of a prostitute named Rahab..."
      - Spying
      - Politics (the people that ordered the spies)
      - Motherhood (because of the oldest profession)
      - Funeral arranger (because of the prostitution and spies)

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday May 07 2019, @01:33AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Tuesday May 07 2019, @01:33AM (#839948) Journal

    You're only going back as far as city states. Go farther and I bet the whole thief thing rises to the top. It isn't that much different to take stuff from nature that you need or want, than it is to take stuff from people who took stuff from nature.