(Dagbladet): Four men between 28 and 31 years are arrested and charged in drug action «The dark web”, suspected of selling drugs on anonymous online services. All four are charged with gross violation of drug laws.
Dark Web is a service via encryption allows users can greatly conceal their identity to the authorities.
NCIS has had an ongoing action where four men have been arrested and they have seized a large amount of material to be reviewed. In addition, police uncovered a drug plantation. Police believe it is sold several different types of substances, including drugs that grows on plants and powder substance.
Million Amounts in virtual currency
Police believe the four men, who were arrested in Skien and Oslo have traded for millions as a result of drug sales.
– Right now we are investigating sales made in Norway. There are several international markedsplassser for illegal sale on dypnettet but yet I would not say this is their own portal or a larger marketplace, says Eilif Ofigsbø, Department of Engineering and operational services to NCIS, to Dagbladet.
The turnover of these anonymous services mainly occurs with virtual currency. The most popular of these is the digital currency Bitcoin, which spreads in a network of equal users and has become a billion industry in getting this year.
– We believe the payment has taken place in virtual currency, says Police attorney Richard Beck Pedersen in NCIS Dagbladet.
In practice, the yield sellers have taken for sale, be powerful encrypted in separate Bitcoin wallets. Police believe the network has sold drugs in the country and earned millions in business they believe has been going on for a time.
Nontraditional methods
One of the more famous similar cases in Norway, where illegal funds have been sold on closed networks, Anabolic Forum case. NCIS is now also facing a huge task of reviewing major seizures that are taken by data Equipment and drugs.
– There have been some untraditional methods in the investigation, which began a time now. Among other things difficult for us to access, and we have no access to the communication participants in the network have had on the anonymous online, says Beck Pedersen told Dagbladet.
The police would not yet say anything about the four accused, but Beck Pedersen to Dagbladet that they have an expertise in data beyond the ordinary. Several of the accused are police considered central in the Norwegian context in terms of sales of banned substances online.
Important to take
The number of users on anonymous networks has risen enormously in recent years. According to department Ofingsbø the number of users on the anonymous network Tor risen from 238,000 in 2013 to 2.3 million users last year.
– Some use it for legitimate reasons, but it is very important to clamp down on those involved in illegal activities there. They will not be able to operate freely in anonymous networks, says Ofingsbø Dagbladet.
He says police increasingly focuses on the presence on the Internet, and that this action is a result of it.
– The investigation is complex and time consuming, but it is important to show that it can also be taken on the anonymous online, he said.
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