Dark web crypto-drug traffickers 'can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you'
Dark web crypto criminals beware. The US Justice Department has issued a warning after arresting 288 dark web ne'er-do-wells over suspected opioid sales on the notorious drug trafficking site, Monopoly Market, which has since been taken down.
This recent dark web purge, code name SpecTor, targeted the «largest, most violent, and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world: the Sinaloa Cartel.» That's according to a powerful speech from US Attorney General Merrick Garland(opens in new tab), in which he speaks directly to criminals trying to bypass the law by operating on the dark web (via The Register(opens in new tab)).
His message?
«You can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable for your crimes.»
The multi-continental SpecTor operation is the biggest ever of its kind, spanning eight countries aside from the US. It's seen not only the largest number of arrests, but also the US Justice Department's biggest haul of contraband to date. The score includes «117 illegal firearms, 850 kilograms of drugs, and $53.4 million dollars in cash and cryptocurrency», says Garland.
«The drug traffickers are confident that, by operating anonymously on the dark web, they can operate outside the bounds of the law. They are wrong.»
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Looks like Uncle Sam's coming to shine the proverbial torch of justice on the dark web, then. It's all very dramatic, isn't it?
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