German Police Seized Nine Telegram-Based Drug Markets
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the General Public Prosecutor’s Office in Frankfurt am Main and Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT), and other law enforcement agencies seized Telegram groups used as illicit marketplaces.
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Playpen User Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
A United States District Judge sentenced a Louisiana man to 120 months in prison for accessing material depicting child abuse on a darkweb forum.
German Man Sentenced for Buying Heroin on the Darkweb
A 38-year-old was sentenced at Rosenheim District Court to two years and ten months in prison for ordering heroin and cocaine on the darkweb.
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Two Bitcoin Launderers Sentenced to Prison in the Netherlands
Two money launderers were sentenced to prison for laundering more than 16 million euros worth of Bitcoin. One received a two year sentence and the other received a two and a half year sentence.
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The Cyberbunker Trial Began This Week
Eight defendants are facing charges for “aiding and abetting criminals in some 249,000 illegal online transactions involving drugs, contract killings, money laundering and images of child abuse worth millions of euros.”
Austrian Man Arrested for Reselling Amphetamines from the Darkweb
The Upper Austria State Police Directorate announced the arrest of a man suspected of importing and reselling drugs he purchased on the darkweb.
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Suspected Darkweb Vendors Arrested on RICO Charges
They did the RICO, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. An extensive investigation led by law enforcement in Florida resulted in the arrest of two suspected darkweb vendors.
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Utah Fentanyl Vendor Sentenced to Life in Prison
Aaron Michael Shamo, 30, 0f of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, led a nation-wide darkweb drug trafficking operation that distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills to customers throughout the United States.
Watford Man Attempted to Buy Grenades on the Darkweb
A jury found a Watford man guilty of trying to purchase grenades from an undercover FBI agent on the darkweb. Mohammed Humza, 29, of Watford failed to appear for his trial and was found guilty
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