Australian border cops say they've cracked 'dark net' drug sales Australian authorities say they can detect dark net transactions. We know this because the nation's Border Force (ABF), the black-shirt wearing guardians of Australia's frontiers, says as much in its takedown notice of a "31-year-old man from Port Neill" in the State of South Australia. Said man fell foul of a joint ABF and …
They locked up the thug
And the price of street drugs
Increased by a penny on the dollar.
The taxpayer did pay
To put him away
Their wallet 76 large per year smaller
The other drug sites
Took quite a fright
Upping their security
The drug war raged on
And on and on and on
In perpetuity
'We are well aware of these websites' says black-shirted Border Force
That's not saying much - every reader of the Daily Mail is 'well aware of these websites'. Although, to be fair, looks like Mosley's Mob (TM) actually know how to find these dark sites (unlike me - I have absolutely no idea where to start)
It seems some semi-bright spark has figured out that no matter where the drug deal is arranged the goods have to be delivered somehow. The weakest links in the entire dark web is the delivery of the goods and to lesser extent payment. Both require a paper trail to execute such as a delivery address or wire transfer (even if the final payment is via bitcoins).
"(even if the final payment is via bitcoins)"
Exactly. Those bitcoins need to be converted to cash, at some point. That means a bank account with an outlet one can go to to withdraw cash.
However, whilst the cops get smarter, a lot of criminals are always two steps ahead.
...and on we go, round and round...
:)
As always the probably with the virtual world is where it has to interact with the physical one - solve that problem and there's money to be made. It's also why people selling data and card details tend to get away with it a little more, because they leave the more physical part of making use of the cards to someone else.
That's the underlaying motivation for all this shit.
Making something illegal makes it _far_ more profitable to sell. Enough so that someone will always decide the risks are worthwhile - and that attempting to cut off the supply is like fighting a hydra with enhanced regeneration capacity and an immunity to fire.
There are better ways to handle this shit than funnelling trillions of dollars into organised crime and billions into fighting organised crime.
Well, that's business school 1-01: you have to take a risk to obtain some gain beyond the market rate. Ask your resident economist to explain rational business decisions to you and you might find that those black market dealers are perfectly rational human beings.
Your government might be less rational in sinking your tax dollars into the police/prison system. Interestingly, that system seems to get a lot worse when you involve the free market (private prisons, or profitable police). Ooh, economics is so complicated that you might mistake it for science.
Sounds like the ABF are posing as sellers on a DNM and waiting for someone to place an order big enough to be worth prosecuting as a 'dealer'.
Check feedback. Buy from domestic sellers. Use the name of a previous occupant of the address for plausible deniability. Boot a TAILS live cd and keep your desktop squeaky clean. Place a small obviously personal use order first, to see if it arrives and to evaluate the stealth of the seller and that your address isn't on some watchlist.
Ice manufacturers in China can afford to loose 9 out of 10 shipments and still make a profit.
Ice -
high addiction rate
cheap to make
amazing profit margin in Australia
Many international drug syndicates target Australia because the cops are so dumb and the profits are so high.
Me thinks the drug problem has to be tackled by helping the addicts overcome addiction.
busting importers reduces supply, increases demand and prices attracting more importers.
Reducing the addicts reduces sales and demand dropping prices detracting importers.
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