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2024-01-28T02:09:57Z

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Germany Busts International Child Porn Site Used By 400 000

2024-01-28T02:07:09Z

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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world's biggest international [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the "Boystown" platform, were arrested along with a German user. One of the three main suspects was arrested in Paraguay. They also searched seven buildings in connection with the porn ring in mid-April in Germany. The authorities said the platform was "one of the world's biggest child pornography [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] platforms" and had been active at least since 2019. Pedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] marketplace toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world. Prosecutors wrote that they found "images of most severe sexual abuse of toddlers" among the photos and video material. "The platform had several forums and chats - the illegal pictures and videos were kept in the forums; in the chats, the members could communicate," prosecutor Julia Bussweiler said. "There were several language channels to facilitate the communication." A German police task force investigated the platform, its administrators and users for months in cooperation with Europol and law enforcement authorities from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the United States and dark websites Canada, the statement said. The three main suspects were a 40-year-old man from Paderborn, a 49-year-old man from Munich and a 58-year-old man from northern Germany who had been living in Paraguay for many years, the prosecutors' statement said. They worked as administrators of the site and gave advice to members on how to evade law enforcement when using the platform for illegal child pornography. A fourth suspect, [https://mydarkmarket.com tor drug market] a 64-year-old man from Hamburg, is accused of being one of the most active users of the platform having allegedly uploaded more than 3,500 posts. Germany has requested the extradition of the suspect who was arrested in Paraguay. No names were given in line with Germany privacy regulations. After the raids in mid-April, the online platform was shut down. Germany's top security official thanked the authorities for their success. "This investigative success has a clear message: Those who assault the weakest aren't safe anywhere," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said. "That's what investigators work for day and night, online and offline, globally." "We'll do everything within our power to protect the kids from these disgusting crimes," he added. ___ Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt, Germany, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark websites] contributed to this story.

Massive Dark Web Bust Seizes 6.5 Million From 179 Alleged Drug Dealers

2024-01-28T02:05:34Z

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German Police Take Down One Of The World apos;s Biggest Child Porn Sites

2024-01-28T01:21:30Z

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Most Weapons On The Dark Web Come From US Study Finds

2024-01-28T01:17:47Z

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Germany Sees A Rise In Far-right Crime

2024-01-28T01:15:06Z

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has announced a spike in far-right and warned that political extremists are 'the biggest threat to our country.' The interior ministry reported another annual increase in anti-Semitic crimes, up by 15.7 per cent in 2020, with 2,351 total incidents - 94.6% of which were committed by a far-right suspect. Of the total, 62 were acts of violence while the majority were antisemitic hate speech and other related crimes, frequently on social media. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said: 'This development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.' A protester with an Iron Cross draped over his back outside the Reichstag at a far-right demonstration against lockdown during the summer. The symbol harks back to imperial Germany and was re-appropriated by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler Far-right crime rose by 5.65 per cent in 2020, accounting for more than half of all politically-motivated criminality. 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'These figures should ring alarm bells, because we are seeing similar trends across the Western world.' In 2020, Germany recorded a 72.4% increase in anti-immigrant crimes, up to 5,298 total cases over 3,073 in 2019, Seehofer said. A bullet lies on the street in Hanau in February, 2020, after a right-wing terrorist shot nine people before turning the gun on himself Forensic officers investigating in Hanau after the shooting which targeted immigrants in February, 2020 In the most deadly incident, nine people with immigrant backgrounds were shot dead in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in February by a gunman who had called for genocide. Authorities have raised concerns about the role the Alternative for Germany party allegedly played in stoking a climate of resentment toward immigrants and the government. The party, which placed third in Germany's 2017 election, has moved steadily to the right in recent years, drawing increasing scrutiny from the country's domestic intelligence agency. 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Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (pictured on Tuesday) said: 'This (anti-Semitic) development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.' The demonstrations have become increasingly violent, and the country's domestic intelligence service late last month said it had put some members of the loose-knit Querdenker movement under observation. The protests have brought together a broad range of demonstrators, including people opposing vaccinations, others who deny the existence of the coronavirus, mask opponents, darkmarket 2024 conspiracy theorists and others. Seehofer said the protests have also attracted neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists, and have regularly become violent. 'At these gatherings organized by the so-called Querdenker movement, attacks are directed against police officers and the press,' Seehofer said. 'Of the 260 reported crimes against journalists, 112 were related to corona' protests, he said. 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Darknet Crypto Kingpin JokerStash Retires After Illicit 1 Billion...

2024-01-28T01:14:38Z

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By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The kingpin or kingpins of the world's biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The "Joker's Stash" marketplace, where stolen credit cards and dark web [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] identity data traded hands for bitcoin and other digital coins, ceased operations this month, Elliptic said on Friday, in what it called a rare example of such a site bowing out on its own terms. Criminal use of cryptocurrencies has long worried regulators, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde calling last month for [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market list] markets tighter oversight. While terrorist financing and money laundering are top of law-enforcement concerns, narcotics, fraud, scams and ransomware are among the chief areas of illegal use of digital currencies, according to Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson. Joker's Stash was launched in 2014, with its anonymous founder "JokerStash" - which could be one or more people - posting messages in both Russian and English, Elliptic said. It was available on the regular web and via the [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets links], which hosts marketplaces selling contraband. The [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market], or darkweb, is a part of the internet that isn't visible to regular search engines, and [https://mydarkmarket.com darkmarket link] requires a form of browser that hides a user's identity to access. Elliptic, whose clients include law-enforcement agencies and financial firms, estimates that JokerStash raked in more than $1 billion in profits in cryptocurrencies over the years, at current prices. Bitcoin has soared from just over $300 in 2014 to hit a record $49,000 on Friday, pulling up other coins in its wake. The blockchain firm reached the over $1 billion figure by analysing the marketplace's revenue and the fees it charged, and said it was at the lower end of its estimates. In December, Interpol and the FBI seized the domain names used by the site, but it continued operating via the [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market], Elliptic said website Cyber-security firm Digital Shadows also said in December that the [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] site remained live after the seizure. Interpol did not respond to a request for comment. The FBI could not be reached outside regular business hours. Trading illegal credit cards is "a billion-dollar business," said Robinson. "It's also providing a means of cashing out other types of cyber-criminality." On Jan. 15. Joker's Stash posted a message announcing it would close permanently on Feb. 15. In fact it went offline on Feb. 3, Elliptic said. "Joker goes on a well-deserved retirement," said the message, which Reuters saw a screenshot of. "It's time for us to leave forever." Accompanying it was a picture of the 1862 painting "Sta´nczyk" by Polish artist Jan Matejko, which depicts a court jester sitting forlornly in a bedroom as a party goes on in the background. (Reporting by Tom Wilson; Editing by Pravin Char)

Germany Charges Man Who Allegedly Planned Hamburg Attack

2024-01-28T01:14:03Z

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Most Weapons On The Dark Web Come From US Study Finds

2024-01-28T01:08:57Z

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Police Bust One Of The World apos;s Largest Child Pornography Rings

2024-01-28T01:08:14Z

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Crocodile Of Wall Street Hilariously Bad Raps Granted Bail At 3m

2024-01-28T01:07:51Z

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Germany Sees A Rise In Far-right Crime

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Seehofer said: 'This shows again that right-wing extremism is the biggest threat for our country.' It comes as Berlin police arrested a 53-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening neo-Nazi letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists. The suspect, whose name wasn't released for privacy reasons, has previous convictions for 'numerous crimes, including ones that were motivated by right-wing ideology,' said prosecutors in Frankfurt, who are handling the case. The letters were signed 'NSU 2.0.' A German group called the National Socialist Underground was responsible for a string of violent crimes between 1998 and 2011, including the racially motivated killings of nine men with immigrant backgrounds and a police officer. The group's name was derived from the full name of the Nazi, or National Socialist, party. Police think the suspect sent almost 100 letters to dozens of people and organizations across Germany and Austria since 2018. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 12 shares German news agency dpa reported that investigators think the suspect may have obtained personal data on the people he targeted from official records or [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market links] forums. German security agencies warned of the growing threat of violent far-right extremism. In July 2019, a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party was killed by a neo-Nazi; three months later, a gunman tried to force his way into a synagogue on Yom Kippur, killing two people. Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, said the German numbers revealed by the interior ministry today highlighted a broader issue. 'This is a wake-up call, not just for [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets url] Germany, but for the whole world,' he said. 'These figures should ring alarm bells, because we are seeing similar trends across the Western world.' 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Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (pictured on Tuesday) said: 'This (anti-Semitic) development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.' The demonstrations have become increasingly violent, and the country's domestic intelligence service late last month said it had put some members of the loose-knit Querdenker movement under observation. The protests have brought together a broad range of demonstrators, including people opposing vaccinations, others who deny the existence of the coronavirus, mask opponents, conspiracy theorists and others. Seehofer said the protests have also attracted neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists, and have regularly become violent. 'At these gatherings organized by the so-called Querdenker movement, attacks are directed against police officers and the press,' Seehofer said. 'Of the 260 reported crimes against journalists, 112 were related to corona' protests, he said. 'I want to say here very clearly: These acts of violence are no longer about exercising a constitutional right (to demonstrate), but are acts of violence of a criminal nature that I condemn in the strongest possible terms.'

Australian Man Accused Of Running World apos;s Biggest apos;dark Web apos; Market

2024-01-28T01:06:26Z

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An Australian man is accused of running a $220million illegal darkweb marketplace which has been called the biggest in the world and ' for criminals'. A joint investigation by Australian Federal Police, Scotland Yard, the , [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets 2024] markets Europol, and German authorities, among others, led to the arrest of the man, 34, as he tried to cross the Danish border into this week. The man, known only as Julian K, darkmarket 2024 is the alleged operator of DarkMarket and has been detained by German investigators. A screenshot of the illegal website allegedly run by the Australian man which displays drugs for sale (pictured) DarkMarket was shut down on Monday and its servers, located in Ukraine and Moldova, were taken off the internet, prosecutors in the city of Koblenz said. 'Until its closure, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market lists] DarkMarket was probably the largest [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet marketplace] worldwide on the [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets links], with almost 500,000 users and more than 2400 sellers,' prosecutors said. More than 320,000 transactions were conducted via the website including the sale of drugs, counterfeit money, stolen or falsified credit cards, [https://mydarkmarket.com Darknet Market Links] anonymous SIM cards and [https://mydarkmarket.com Darknet markets Onion] malware. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The transactions were reportedly worth a total of 4,650 bitcoin and 12,800 monero - two cryptocurrencies - for an equivalent sum of more than $221million. The servers will be forensically examined by authorities to uncover information about the website's operations and criminal network. The accused man has already fronted a German court and been denied bail - to be transferred to a German prison in the next few days. He has reportedly refused to speak to investigators or court officials. The man was arrested at the Danish and German border after a joint international investigation (stock image) German prosecutors said the man was trying to flee Denmark into Germany when arrested and was travelling through Europe either on holiday or conducting business for the illegal website. They said the investigation around [https://mydarkmarket.com darkmarket link] originated after the discovery of a data processing centre run by organised criminals in a 5,000sqm former NATO bunker in south-west Germany. The data facility hosted illegal websites, which included DarkMarket temporarily, and was shut down in 2019. The darkweb was originally developed for the United States military but has been overrun by criminals because they can conceal their identity on the platform.

First Silk Road. Now AlphaBay. What s Next For The Dark Web

2024-01-28T01:06:01Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> A government shutdown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa has merchants and consumers looking for a new home. Authorities , the largest online marketplace for illegal goods, on July 4, and took down Hansa, the third largest, on Thursday. The sites, where people could buy drugs, guns and child pornography, had flourished since 2014, when a predecessor, Silk Road, was shut down. Fueled by Tor browsers and cryptocurrencies that offer anonymity, AlphaBay, Hansa and other sites avoided much government detection, allowing in the wake of Silk Road's demise. AlphaBay replaced as the biggest, growing to be 10 times larger. When one [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market] falls, buyers and sellers just move on to the next one. The migration of buyers and sellers comes as authorities around the world crack down on digital marketplaces that cater to growing numbers of shadowy sales. at the time it was taken offline. By comparison, Silk Road had just 14,000 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation closed it four years ago. Many of the sites . A recent study by the University of Manchester and think tank Rand Europe found 811 arms-related listings on . The researchers found nearly 60% of the weapons came from the US and most of the sales were headed to Europe. Worryingly, one gun bought on a cryptomarket was used in a . FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe acknowledged shutting down such markets was like playing whack-a-mole. His agency would likely have to in the future, he said. "Critics will say as we shutter one site, another will emerge," McCabe said at a press conference. "But that is the nature of criminal work. It never goes away, you have to constantly keep at it, and you have to use every tool in your toolbox." One such tool: using a captured marketplace as a trap. After the fall of AlphaBay, Dutch police said they saw traffic heading to Hansa spike eight-fold. That was something the cops were anticipating. Dutch police had full control of Hansa on June 20, but waited a month before shutting it down hoping to catch the new users in marketplace chaos. "We could identify and disrupt the regular criminal activity that was happening on Hansa market but also sweep up all of those new users that were displaced from AlphaBay and looking for a new trading platform for their criminal activities," Rob Wainwright, the Europol director, said at the press conference. Dutch police now have the usernames, passwords and IP addresses of thousands of Hansa users, and are tracking them down. 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Reddit users on several threads have expressed concerns the website has been compromised in a similar fashion. A user who speculated Hansa had been compromised in a thread posted returned on Thursday to warn that . "This is a warning you will want to heed," the user, who goes by , posted. "They are waiting to gather as many refugees from AB & Hansa as they can and then drop the hammer." Other marketplaces, like Tochka and Valhalla, could also rise in the vacuum AlphaBay and Hansa have left. Some smaller dark web markets are even appealing to those lost in AlphaBay's shake-up. Security company was offering vendors from AlphaBay a discount if they moved to their platform. "The entire illegal underground is in flux right now," Flashpoint's Rowley said. It'll be quiet on the dark web until people can find a reliable marketplace again, but eventually they will, said Emily Wilson, the director of analysis at Terbium Labs. She called the busts a "sizable hiccup" but not "an irreversible blow." It's unclear who'll emerge from the fallout. But the FBI estimates that more than 40,000 merchants are looking for a place to sell. And there are more than 200,000 customers looking for places to buy stuff they can't get on Amazon. With AlphaBay, the Amazon of illegal goods, now shut down, the market is fragmenting. If you want malware, there's a market for that on the dark web. The same for guns and for drugs. So business will go on, albeit less conveniently. "For now, there are plenty of smaller and more specialized markets for vendors and buyers to continue trading," Wilson said. First published July 21, 8 a.m. ET Update, 5:04 p.m.: Adds background on scope of the markets, weapons sales. : Online abuse is as old as the internet and it's only getting worse. It exacts a very real toll. : CNET chronicles tech's role in providing new kinds of accessibility.

U.S. Arrests Alleged apos;Bitcoin Fog apos; Money Launderer

2024-01-28T01:04:57Z

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By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] markets onion address April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Tuesday arrested Roman Sterlingov, the alleged principal operator of cryptocurrency money laundering website Bitcoin Fog, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] markets according to a federal court filing. Sterlingov, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market onion] a citizen of Russia and Sweden, was detained in Los Angeles on money-laundering related charges. Bitcoin Fog, launched in 2011, is one of the original Bitcoin "tumbler" or "mixer" services designed to help users anonymize cryptocurrencies payments, especially on so-called [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] online markets that trafficked in drugs and other illegal products, according to a legal statement accompanying the criminal complaint by Internal Revenue Service special agent Devon Beckett. "Analysis of bitcoin transactions, financial records, Internet service provider records, email records and additional investigative information, identifies Roman Sterlingov as the principal operator of Bitcoin Fog," Beckett wrote. More than 1.2 million Bitcoin (BTC) -- worth approximately $336 million at the time of the transactions -- were sent through Bitcoin Fog, according to the Beckett statement. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market onion] which is handling the case, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Requests sent to email addresses tied to Sterlingov were not immediately returned. (Reporting by Lawrence Delevingne; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

One-third Of The People Reading This Are Thieves

2024-01-28T01:04:18Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> At least, that's what a . Why? Because 36.4% of the 1.66 million computers survey had LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) program installed. Guilty by association? I have LimeWire installed on my Mac. This doesn't make me a thief. In fact, I've bought a wide range of music through iTunes over the past year. I think I've downloaded one or two songs and a few goal compilations using LimeWire in the past year when I couldn't find them on iTunes. The songs in question - by Led Zeppelin - I ended up buying (again, as I'd already bought them once or twice on CD and cassette tape) when they became available on iTunes. So, 99.999% of the music I've listened to in the past year was happily bought through legitimate means. .001% was not. At least, not originally. Am I a thief? I suppose so. But not by any devious plan. I imagine that I'm not alone in how I consume music. But maybe as a 30-something geezer, I'm atypical. Maybe everyone does want to steal music, as the music industry seems to believe. If this is the case, , charging more per song does not sound like a winning resolution to the problem: Clearly, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] links the so-called "[https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market]" remains far and darkmarket list away the world's leading provider of online media content, drowning legit download services in a flood of "free." This data also should give the major labels pause in their ongoing attempts to convince Apple that $0.99 per song is way too cheap. The music industry . It resisted the digital urge for so long that it helped to push people to steal rather than purchase music. I think it's in an intermediate quandary, but one that will fade as more and more people get used to the idea for buying digital music, whether through iTunes (or other online markets), ringtones, or other means. The music industry can take solace in the discovery that certain demographics are more likely to buy music than others: , for one, but also older users. , but once they graduate...more disposable income and more propensity to pay for value. In sum, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web sites] the music industry can use Simon and [https://mydarkmarket.com dark Market link] Garfunkel to subsidize Britney Spears. Take heart: thieves eventually grow up to become corporate drones with cash to burn and the inclination to do so in legitimate ways. .

NY Bitcoin Money Laundering Couple apos;from The Pages Of A Spy Novel apos;

2024-01-28T00:22:13Z

DorthyPrescott3: ページの作成:「A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said. Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday. Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurre…」

A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said. Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday. Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency - the Justice Department's largest ever financial seizure - linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange based in , whose systems were breached nearly six years ago. Morgan had a remarkable online presence as an influencer and self-described 'cringe' rapper named Razzlekhan, who makes music 'for the entrepreneurs and hackers, all the misfits and smart slackers'. Prosecutors detailed on Thursday in court documents a remarkable lifestyle, complete with hollowed-out books, fake passports and burner phones. Photos showed the books, and ziplock bags stuffed with cash. Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan were arrested on Tuesday and [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market link] charged with money laundering Bail for Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, right, and his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, was set at $5million and $3million respectively after their arrest on Tuesday but they have not been released A bag labeled 'burner phones' is shown in court documents. Prosecutors allege the couple had dozens of devices Some of the phones found at Morgan and Lichenstein's Wall Street apartment A lawyer for [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web marketplaces] the self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' rapper, Heather Morgan, 31, and her husband Ilya ' Dutch ' Lichtenstein, 34, right, has urged a judge to allow them to be freed on bail In this courtroom sketch, attorney Sam Enzer, center, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market url] sits between Heather Morgan, left, and her husband, Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, darkmarket list in federal court, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets onion] onion address on Tuesday As federal investigators raided their Wall Street home last month, Morgan asked to be allowed to retrieve her cat from under the bed. But as she was crouching down and pretending to get the pet, agents saw that she was frantically trying to lock her phone, prompting them to wrestle her to the ground, prosecutors say. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The January 5 raid saw the officers find $40,000 in cash, dozens of electronic devices, and two hollowed-out [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] vendors selling fake passports. The delivery address was given as the 11 Mirrors Design Hotel in Kiev, which is the same hotel that Morgan posted photos of on her social media platforms, and from where Uber receipts showed she traveled. Another document contained within Lichtenstein's cloud storage account, prosecutors say, includes a Russian-language document that describes 'how to anonymously receive a parcel in Ukraine.' The document provides details of video camera positioning in Ukrainian post offices and how to avoid being seen. Morgan was arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan, together with her husband, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States Morgan, 31, who calls herself the 'Crocodile of Wall Street' (hence the croc pictured in her hand) also spends time creating low-budget rap videos and posing for quirky photoshoots In court on Friday, the couple's lawyer, Samson Enzer, urged a judge to allow them to be freed on $3 million and $4.5 million bail respectively, saying the fact neither of them fled when given the chance upon first being alerted to the investigation, proves they would not run from the law if now freed on bail. Prosecutors are urging caution: It is believed the couple still have vast sums of money at their disposal which is likely hidden from authorities. Furthermore, Lichtenstein has dual citizenship with Russia giving the couple a possible safe haven from which it would be particularly difficult for U.S. authorities to secure an extradition order should the couple choose to flee. If convicted, they face up to a maximum of 25 years in prison. data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

Crypto Money Laundering Rises 30 In 2021 -Chainalysis

2024-01-27T23:40:02Z

DorthyPrescott3: ページの作成:「 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Wednesday. Overall, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017, dark [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] link Chainalysis estimated, with most of the total over time moving to centralized…」

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Wednesday. Overall, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017, dark [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] link Chainalysis estimated, with most of the total over time moving to centralized exchanges. The firm said the sharp rise in money laundering activity in 2021 was not surprising, given the significant growth of both legitimate and illegal crypto activity last year. Money laundering refers to that process of disguising the origin of illegally obtained money by transferring it to legitimate businesses. About 17% of the $8.6 billion laundered went to decentralized finance applications, Chainalysis said, referring to the sector which facilitates crypto-denominated financial transactions outside of traditional banks. That was up from 2% in 2020. Mining pools, high-risk exchanges, and mixers also saw substantial increases in value received from illicit addresses, the report said. Mixers typically combine potentially identifiable or tainted cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to conceal the trail to the fund's original source. Wallet addresses associated with theft sent just under half of their stolen funds, or more than $750 million worth of crypto in total, dark web marketplaces to decentralized finance platforms, according to the Chainalysis report. Chainalysis also clarified that the $8.6 billion laundered last year represents funds derived from crypto-native crime such as [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets onion address] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] sales or [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market lists] ransomware attacks in which profits are in crypto instead of fiat currencies. "It's more difficult to measure how much fiat currency derived from off-line crime - traditional drug trafficking, for example - is converted into cryptocurrency to be laundered," Chainalysis said in the report. "However, we know anecdotally this is happening." (Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

Germany Shuts Down Darknet Platform Specializing In Drugs

2024-01-27T23:39:04Z

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BERLIN (AP) - German investigators on Tuesday shut down a Russian-language [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing, seizing bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million). Prosecutors in Frankfurt described the "Hydra [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market]" platform as the world's biggest illegal [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] marketplace. They said they seized its server infrastructure in Germany. The shutdown was the result of investigations underway since August, in which U.S. authorities participated. The U.S. Treasury Department also announced Tuesday it was sanctioning Hydra as well as a virtual currency exchange, dark websites Garantex, that operates out of Russia. The department said both entities have been used to help finance the activities of ransomware gangs. The Hydra platform had been active at least since 2015, German prosecutors said. They added that, as well as illegal drugs, forged documents, intercepted data and "digital services" were offered for sale. They said that it had about 17 million registered customer accounts and dark markets 2024 more than 19,000 registered sellers. Prosecutors said the platform had sales of at least 1.23 billion euros in 2020. Cybercrime research firm Elliptic said Hydra has facilitated over $5 billion in bitcoin transactions since 2015, receiving a boost after the closure of a key competitor [https://mydarkmarket.com darkmarket 2024] in 2017. "Listings on the site also included forged documents, data (such as credit card information) and digital services," Elliptic said. "Products were advertised for sale in a number of countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan."

Former Swiss Police Employee Accused Of Selling Weapons Via Darknet

2024-01-27T23:38:20Z

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ZURICH, April 8 (Reuters) - The former chief of logistics for [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] markets a regional Swiss police force appeared in court on Thursday accused of falsely buying guns and bullets on behalf of his employer and selling them via the [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market]. Prosecutors allege that the man, who has not been identified, ordered weaponry and [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market url] ammunition when he worked for the cantonal police in Schywz, a mountainous canton near Zurich. The [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] is part of the internet often used by criminals for illegal activities. Swiss police investigating the case recovered 80 guns and tens of thousands of bullets when they searched his home during the investigation. Court documents did not say to whom the weaponry was sold. The 58-year-old, a civilian law enforcement employee, had ordered the material on behalf of police but instead used them for his own private benefit, court documents said. In the case, whose proceedings at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona began on Thursday, the defendant is also accused of selling a "large number of weapons without authorisation to various persons" between 2012 and 2013. He is accused of having offered the weapons through a [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] account and having worked with an accomplice who has since been prosecuted in Germany. He denies the charges. Swiss broadcaster SRF said the accused handed over the weapons, which included automatic rifles and pistols, dark web link to his accomplice in a garbage bag at his home. The accomplice, it said, then drove the material to a car park on a mountain road where the sales took place. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) launched the case against the man in 2018 after getting information from Germany. The OAG said the accused had made a profit of 180,000 Swiss francs ($195,000) from the transactions. A two-day hearing began on Thursday, with an verdict expected on April 22. ($1 = 0.9251 Swiss francs) (Reporting by John Revill Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Crypto Crime Hit Record 14 Billion In 2021 Research Shows

2024-01-27T22:56:36Z

DorthyPrescott3: ページの作成:「 By Tom Wilson LONDON, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web link] Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to illicit activity including scams, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets onion address] [https…」

By Tom Wilson LONDON, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web link] Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to illicit activity including scams, [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets onion address] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets 2024] and ransomware jumped 80% from a year earlier, Chainalysis said in a report. The activity represented just 0.15% of total crypto transaction volumes, its lowest ever. Overall volumes soared to $15.8 trillion in 2021, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets] up over five-fold from a year earlier, U.S.-based Chainalysis said. Digital assets, from bitcoin to non-fungible tokens, exploded in popularity in 2021 amid an embrace from institutional investors and major companies. Newcomers have been drawn to the promise of quick gains touted by crypto backers, as well as hopes that bitcoin offers a hedge against soaring inflation. Yet cryptocurrencies are still subject to patchy regulation, leaving investors with little recourse against crime. Financial watchdogs and dark [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] link policymakers from Washington to Frankfurt have fretted over the use of crypto for money laundering, with some urging lawmakers to grant them greater powers over the industry. "Criminal abuse of cryptocurrency creates huge impediments for continued adoption, heightens the likelihood of restrictions being imposed by governments, and worst of all victimizes innocent people around the world," Chainalysis said. Driving the increase in crime was an explosion of scams and theft at decentralized finance - DeFi - platforms, it said. DeFi sites - which offer lending, insurance and other financial services while bypassing traditional gatekeepers such as banks - have been plagued by problems that include flaws in underlying code and opaque governance. Overall cryptocurrency theft grew over five-fold from 2020, with around $3.2 billion worth of coins stolen last year. Around $2.2 billion of those funds, onion [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web link] website some 72% of the total, were stolen from DeFi sites. Scams at DeFi platforms - such as "rug pulls," where developers set up phony investment opportunities before disappearing with investors' cash - hit $7.8 billion, an 82% jump from 2021, Chainalysis said. (Reporting by Tom Wilson; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

Germany Busts International Child Porn Site Used By 400 000

2024-01-27T22:53:58Z

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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world's biggest international [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, dark web [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] said to be the administrators of the "Boystown" platform, were arrested along with a German user. One of the three main suspects was arrested in Paraguay. They also searched seven buildings in connection with the porn ring in mid-April in Germany. The authorities said the platform was "one of the world's biggest child pornography [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] platforms" and had been active at least since 2019. Pedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world. Prosecutors wrote that they found "images of most severe sexual abuse of toddlers" among the photos and video material. "The platform had several forums and chats - the illegal pictures and videos were kept in the forums; in the chats, the members could communicate," prosecutor Julia Bussweiler said. "There were several language channels to facilitate the communication." A German police task force investigated the platform, its administrators and users for months in cooperation with Europol and law enforcement authorities from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the United States and Canada, the statement said. The three main suspects were a 40-year-old man from Paderborn, a 49-year-old man from Munich and a 58-year-old man from northern Germany who had been living in Paraguay for many years, the prosecutors' statement said. They worked as administrators of the site and gave advice to members on how to evade law enforcement when using the platform for dark websites illegal child pornography. A fourth suspect, a 64-year-old man from Hamburg, is accused of being one of the most active users of the platform having allegedly uploaded more than 3,500 posts. Germany has requested the extradition of the suspect who was arrested in Paraguay. No names were given in line with Germany privacy regulations. After the raids in mid-April, the online platform was shut down. Germany's top security official thanked the authorities for their success. "This investigative success has a clear message: Those who assault the weakest aren't safe anywhere," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said. "That's what investigators work for day and night, online and offline, globally." "We'll do everything within our power to protect the kids from these disgusting crimes," he added. ___ Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market 2024] Germany, contributed to this story.

Germany Busts International Child Porn Site Used By 400 000

2024-01-27T22:53:24Z

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U.S. Arrests Couple For Allegedly Laundering 4.5 Bln In Crypto...

2024-01-27T22:11:43Z

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Former Swiss Police Employee Accused Of Selling Weapons Via Darknet

2024-01-27T22:10:44Z

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Global Drug Survey Reveals Alcohol And Drug Habits During Pandemic

2024-01-27T22:09:56Z

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Australians are officially the world's biggest binge drinkers, but Britain and the US don't lag far behind - featuring in the top five of the latest Global Drug Survey. Denmark and Finland ranked at second and third in the survey of more than 32,000 people from 22 countries which collected data from December 2020 to March 2021. The data also shows that the Irish felt the most remorse after drinking. Researchers believes extending Covid lockdowns contributed to the results RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The survey found that the pandemic saw more experiment with 'microdosing' with psychedelics but people on average consumed less , cannabis, cocaine and LSD. According to the findings unveiled this week, Australians got drunk an average 27 times in 2021, almost double the global average of 15. Australians filled up their beer or wine glass with booze two days per week on average, the survey revealed. It also found Australians regret their intoxication on 24 per cent of occasions - compared to the 21 per cent global average, with women more likely to regret getting drunk than men. Britons joined the United States, Denmark and Finland in the top five drunkest nations after Australia 'Drank too much too quickly' was the most common regret, claimed by nearly half of those surveyed But the Irish felt the most remorse after drinking this year, regretting it about a quarter of the time. The Danish felt the least regretful, and were also the second drunkest nation after Australia in 2021. 'Drank too much too quickly' was the most common regret, claimed by 49 per cent of those surveyed. Six per cent said they felt anxious about Covid while four per cent said it was because they 'hadn't drank for ages' due to pandemic restrictions. Australians filled up their beer or [https://mydarkmarket.com darkmarket 2024] link wine glass with booze two days per week on average, the survey revealed Vinegar Yard in London. Britons joined the Australia, the United States, Denmark and Finland in the top five drunkest nations Two percent drank too much at a virtual party. Britons joined the United States, Denmark and Finland in the top five drunkest nations after Australia. France leads the world for the average number of drinks consumed in a year, enjoying more than 132 glasses of booze, followed by New Zealand on 122, while Australians had 106 drinks per year on average. Despite this, the use of almost all drug classes fell in 2021 compared with last year's sample. Alcohol consumption fell to 92.8 per cent to 94 per cent and 51 per cent said they had smoked cigarettes in 2021 compared to 60.8 per cent in 2020. The report said this could be due to the older age of the sample group or that most drugs were simply used less amidst the pandemic. The Danish felt the least regretful after drinking and were also the second drunkest nation after Australia in 2021 France leads the world for the average number of drinks consumed in a year, enjoying more than 132 glasses of booze People got less drunk over the lockdown and the rate of people seeking emergency help after consuming drugs fell for most substances too. However the report's finding suggest that microdosing, which is when a very small amount of a substance is taken to observe its effects on the body, 'may be on the increase among those who use psychedelics'. One in four of this group said they had microdosed with LSD or psilocybin (more commonly known as 'magic mushrooms') in the last 12 months. One third of those who had taken psychedelics before also experimented microdosing with MDMA, ketamine, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web market list] DMT, and [https://mydarkmarket.com darkmarket list] 1P-LSD. The study also found that although the pandemic may have locked us in, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market onion] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] most people who used illegal drugs still obtained substances in-person For those who used illegal drugs, most sourced them in person despite Covid restrictions making this difficult for many The study also found that although the pandemic may have locked us in, most people who used illegal drugs still obtained substances in-person. Where this occurred, people were most likely to get their supply from friends. Some 1 in 10 mentioned digital sources and reported [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] markets for drugs other than cannabis, which was more often accessed through apps. The first question of the survey asked respondents to sum up 2020 in one word. After translating responses the report said that the 'main theme was a negative sentiment' towards the year, with 'sh**', 'f***ed' and 'challenging' dominating the general consensus.

One Of The Biggest Ever Dark Web Police Stings Leads To 150 Arrests

2024-01-27T22:09:06Z

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German Investigators Shut Down Big Darknet Marketplace

2024-01-27T21:26:42Z

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