U.S. investigators a blow against drug trafficking on the Internet has succeeded. They took on Tuesday in San Francisco the operator of the illegal online portal Silk Road, Ross William Ulbricht, fixed and switched off the Internet, as the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. There were also converted $ 3.6 million (2.65 million euros) has been secured in the form of digital currency Bitcoin.
“huge black market”
Silk Road, which is also known as the “Ebay for drugs”, had been a “huge black market”, were sold on the drug and other illegal products and services, according to the application lodged at a federal court in New York was filed. Attorney Preet Bharar said the site had developed into a “criminal of the most mature and largest market places on the internet.”
New York Attorney accuses the 29-year-old founder of the platform before also gave in March 2012, the murder of a user in order, which had threatened to reveal the identity of other Silk Road customers. In addition, Ulbricht must also answer charges of money laundering.
cocaine, heroin and LSD as well as software
‘s investigation showed he had the page opened in early 2011. Internet users were able to cocaine, heroin and LSD, as well as hacker software purchase for theft of passwords. According to the application could buy stolen credit card data and hire contract killers users of Silk Road. In addition, they were given tips to avoid prosecution.
The page was protected by an anonymizing network, a so-called hidden service in Tor network. Customers had to pay a commission for each transaction in the amount of eight to 15 percent. Overall, according to investigators, more than 1.2 billion dollars have been implemented over the side.
One Million Users
More than 100 investigators had since November 2011 and undercover drug purchases, which were then analyzed in a laboratory. The drugs they received from dealers in the U.S. and Canada, but also from sellers from more than ten European countries, including the Netherlands, UK, Spain and France. According to the prosecutor’s office had the site in July, almost a million users, a third of them live accordingly in the USA. (APA, 3.10., 2013)
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