Some report about DNMs released today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Europol.
Link to the article about the report: https://web.archive.org/web/20171128141302/https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/drugs-and-darknet-growing-threat-to-health-and-security
Link to report [pdf but from archive.org, not directly europol]: https://web.archive.org/web/20171128141330/https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/drugs_and_the_darknet_-_td0417834enn.pdf
Small excerpt from the article:
Wob Rainwright added: 'Addressing cybercrime and the use of information technology platforms for criminal purposes has become an important policing priority across the EU. The recent takedown in July 2017 of Alphabay and Hansa, two of the largest darknet markets, is an example of how law enforcement can intervene to disrupt this environment. Despite this positive achievement, those involved in the online drug trade appear to be resilient to such disruption and able to re-organise rapidly. European-level cooperation and intelligence sharing, along with the targeting of high-impact vendors, will be critical in countering this threat'.
According to the report, market disruption should form part of a broader, more integrated set of measures implemented as part of an overall strategy to address drug trade in the darknet ecosystem. Darknet investigation teams, modelled and promoted by Europol, will be at the heart of such an integrated strategy. Engagement with key industries (e.g. information technology, social media, payment and product distribution services) will be increasingly important for identifying and responding to new threats in this area.
There should be some interesting times ahead. I have not read the report fully but it surely will be an interesting read.
like getting feds onto the modlist of /r/Darknetmarkets huh
also what kind of fucking name is Wob?