Dark web markets AlphaBay and Hansa have been shut down and their operators arrested. Attorney General Jeff Sessions:
“This is likely one of the most important criminal investigations of the year – taking down the largest dark net marketplace in history,” Sessions said. “Make no mistake, the forces of law and justice face a new challenge from the criminals and transnational criminal organizations who think they can commit their crimes with impunity using the dark net. The dark net is not a place to hide. The Department will continue to find, arrest, prosecute, convict, and incarcerate criminals, drug traffickers and their enablers wherever they are.”
[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-20/feds-shut-down-alphabay-sessions-warns-criminals-you-cannot-hide-dark-web]
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Blacksmith21 ago
"You only get one chance at the queen" - J. Comey
He was right about that. I don't know about AlphaBay, but Hansa had ties to the CP operation which was taken down during the G20. I made note of the site going dark the morning that it happened and wondered if it was related to PG (Bitcoin, CP, etc.)
I'm wondering about this statement from Trump about Sessions and his Russia recusal (sp). Which makes me wonder if this is another 4D chess move - get the media to get behind Sessions to undermine Trump (like Comey) and then let Sessions make "the big announcement".
I could be totally wrong here, but I think the game is being played at a different level.
AssFaceSandwich2 ago
Amazing take on the move to create a rift so as to bolster his left/media likability. They will cling onto anything at this point.