Operation ITOM - Posted two years ago, could it be the root of what we are seeing today in this scene?

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2hoy74/a_very_real_and_scary_new_threat_to_the_dnm/


It would add up, take a look at the agencies and method of operandi. It feels like their playbook is currently being laid out by the letter.


1 . Hindering and stopping vendors, administrators and shutting down hidden markets. Along with serious measures to track down and prosecute vendors. The Hague's Prosecution service which is leading ITOM will soon be holding coordinated international joint operations in the following months (to attempt to take down markets and/or vendors). The involved countries and agencies have already held meetings about this plan in the last few months


2 . More scrutiny on outgoing and incoming pieces of mail within and from the Europe. This will not just involve customs but also mail and postal services themselves before they even leave the sorting center (by the sound of it). It also needs to become much harder to anonymously send drugs through the mail through more thorough investigations and putting up several roadblocks to keep it from being this easy. According to this paper plans for this have already been set in motion since late 2013 but not fully. So this will likely be ramped up.


3 . Chasing the "Bottleneck" that is Bitcoin and de-anonymizing cash out methods and ways to turn Bitcoin into cash. They are also making it sound as if they are going after, or at least investigate those who purchase Bitcoin to a certain degree, because to their reasoning there are very little legal ways to spend bitcoin. ITOM soon will also propose a new law or rule-set regarding Bitcoin exchanging and transactions, this is their final mention regarding this point, no other information given.



Comments


[2 Points] DeepMobisRetardedAF:

All week "Monero shill this" "Monero shills that" "Monero :'(((("

Either LE or ignorant or have to be profiting in some way, you CAN NOT say that LE is not attacking BTC any longer, and you CAN NOT say it's better than Monero/doesn't matter or is "plenty secure"

Report/reply to shame all those that do this, we have enough evidence that Monero will be the future if we really want DNMs to stay around


[1 Points] bobbiggs69:

I was thinking about this too. I can almost assure you that it is linked.


[1 Points] None:

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