Finland's customs agencies said they had seized an undisclosed amount of Bitcoins, cash, drugs and personal property valued at 1.1 million euros to three Finns suspected of attempting to smuggle narcotics into the country, As part of an operation focused on counteracting black markets online.
The three individuals had 40 pounds of powdered medicine, 40,000 ecstasy tablets, 30,000 LSD ballots, a variety of "designer drugs," and pure methamphetamine. According to a representative of the customs office the substances were sold through a website called Valhalla, which was in operation since 2013.
In their report the authorities noted: "Customs has investigated cases of drug offenses and aggrieved smuggling. There are three Finnish suspects who have been imprisoned since April 2016. The suspects are about 30 years old, native to southwestern Finland and the Helsinki metropolitan area. Customs has made the investigation of the case have the collaboration of the Netherlands, United States, Germany and the authorities of Latvia and Europol. "
According to the report, online sales generated around 2 million euros. It is further believed that, if the substances had not been confiscated, the profits received by the suspects from the sale of the imported medicines would have reached 10 million euros.
The case is related to an earlier version of the site called Silkketie, which in Finnish means "silk route". Both websites were run through the browser Tor, frequently used to explore the Deep Web, and on both pages used Bitcoin as a payment method in drug transactions. Due to the nature of the Tor browser, the buyer and seller are totally anonymous, so the drug seller is not in a position to determine the buyer's age or health condition.
The investigation remains, the authorities have not disclosed further information. However, the report notes that it is possible that the Southern District Court of Finland will issue the charges at the end of September.
The methods employed by the authorities to detect drug traffickers in the Deep Web are evolving and several governments are seeking to eliminate the anonymity of cryptocurrencies transactions to make it difficult to conduct illegal activities through the Internet and decrease the uncontrolled sale of drugs by this way.
Source: criptonoticias.com
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