Darknet Investigations Now a Priority, Says German Federal Police Chief
Investigations in the aftermath of the recent terror attack in Munich which saw nine people killed in a Munich shopping center on Friday will now see darknet markets under the scanner. Speaking to journalists today, Holger Muench, the chief of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (also known as Bundeskriminalamt or BKA), has stated that the emergence of the darknet as a trading platform will see investigations focus on the clandestine corner of the internet. The darknet, an overlay network that can only be accessed by specific software and nodes like Tor is commonly known as an illicit....
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Typically the media loves to portray the dark side of the deep web with stories of hired hitmen, weapons and people buying illegal drugs. One TV show from Germany was hoping to demonstrate how easy it was to order guns online when they ordered an AK-47 assault rifle with $800 worth of Bitcoin. The show “Fear of terror—how vulnerable is Germany,” produced by ARD also included a victim from the Paris incident according to the German publication Chip. Despite this attempt to bolster a terrorist sensationalism, the film crew and producers never obtained the weapon failing miserably. German TV....
Furthermore, one of the four arrested individuals possessed Bitcoin at the time of the raid. According to sources, there was 340,000 EUR worth of Bitcoin in his wallet. German police officials have arrested four individuals suspected of selling drugs on the darknet. Keeping in mind how government officials and law enforcement agencies are cracking down on deep web users all over the country, this news is not entirely surprising. All four arrested individuals were active on a German darknet forum. Buying and selling drugs is illegal, and the darknet is no exception to this rule. Then again,....
A former Australian police officer has been charged with selling fake IDs on the darknet, according to ABC news. The man is identified as James Goris, a 44-year-old from Castlemaine. He was a police officer up until 2010, according to reports. Reportedly, Goris was manufacturing and selling fake federal police ID cards, maritime and aviation security passes, and computer equipment. These would be sent to buyers via Australia Post express and promised those who bought them easy access at police stations, a notion the defense rejected in court. According to police, the 44-year-old was also....
The sanctions were part of an international effort aimed at “[disrupting the] proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dangerous drugs and other illegal offerings.” The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has announced it will impose sanctions on darknet market Hydra and virtual currency exchange Garantex.In a Tuesday announcement, the Treasury Department said it had worked with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and Homeland....
German media is suggesting that the gun used during the Munich terror attack was bought through the Darknet with Bitcoin. Germany is the latest European country hit by a wave of gun activity with the world still reeling in shock from the news of 18-year-old David Sonboly who killed nine people in the Olympia shopping centre in Munich on Friday. The darknet, which is a type of parallel internet, provides a place for people to buy and sell things illegally such as weapons and drugs and is often used by criminals. Investigators believe that the sale of a gun through the darknet offers a small....