So the authorities ARE monitoring the markets, at least the Australians are. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-31/online-drug-trade-soaring-experts-say/5354930?pfm=ms
Australians monitoring markets
So the authorities ARE monitoring the markets, at least the Australians are. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-31/online-drug-trade-soaring-experts-say/5354930?pfm=ms
[8 Points] SmellYaLater:
[2 Points] QuestionsonDrugs:
no shit.
[2 Points] 42isincorrect:
"A Victorian man who imported drugs bought off the UK website Silk Road has avoided a jail term after pleading guilty in the Victorian County Court.
Judge Frank Gucciardo said customs officials in Melbourne intercepted two parcels from the UK addressed to the false name used by Henley.
They contained 153 grams of the illicit substance 25c and 25i, a psycho-stimulant with a hallucinogenic affect.
A police raid on his home later uncovered 800 tablets of the drug which sell for up to $15 each.
Hanley also pleaded guilty to importing 24 grams of amphetamines mailed from South Africa.
He said while Hanley had been motivated by profit, it was a simplistic crime and he had good prospects of rehabilitation.
Hanley was fined $5,500 and sentenced to 9 months jail.
The sentence was wholly suspended for two years on a $4,000 good behaviour bond."
That is a very soft punishment for those quantities.
[1 Points] None:
So, like did you doubt this? Did you think the FBI and other national police forces were totally oblivious to this? Like SR got taken down, they declared victory, and just totally forgot about the darknet?
Theyre "monitoring" it, but what exactly do they expect us to believe theyre monitoring? Are they breaking through all three layers of tor encryption and the PGP in the address box? If not then theyre monitoring encrypted data they cant make heads or tails of. If the market is secure theyre fucking helpless.
[1 Points] jfhc:
Ya, all 10 of them.
Maybe they are. But they're pushing shit up hill, to correctly identify and prosecute 'offenders'. They know full well that going after small timers will get them nothing - a slap on the wrist for the average user and a fuckload of time and money spent pursuing them.
And now they have not one, but dozens of major retailers - far outside their jurisdiction. They can monitor encrypted messages and (almost) untraceable transactions but they know the reality is there are simply not enough man hours to take things to court, only to have the offender not punished in any real way.
Australia is not like the US, where you can go to prison for any number of petty offences. I've been caught importing drugs before. And just like I said, it wasn't worth prosecuting. Slap on the wrist and a 'stern' warning, LOL customs.