Is it really that big of a surprise that gang(s) are flocking to the dark web in order to advertise their business propositions? Honestly, it shouldn’t be a surprise at all. The past couple months, media outlets have been reporting on the increase of drug trafficking.
Take one guess where those drug trafficking services are originating from: the dark web. Crime groups, gangs – whatever you want to call them – have been advertising their services on black market places more and more.
Most commonly, the groups will offer drug trafficking services for flat rates. Due to this discovery, authorities have begun linking the dark web to the increase of illegal drugs hitting the streets.
“The estimates released March 14, by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) show that Colombia produced 188,000 hectares of coca crops in 2016 — a figure nearly 20 percent higher than the 2015 estimate, and nearly 80 percent higher than the average annual estimate from 2008 to 2015.
No government or non-governmental organization has estimated such high levels of coca production in Colombia since records began being kept on this issue.”
It makes sense, doesn’t it? With the everyday drug dealer becoming more fluent with technology, it would make sense that they’d flock to the internet to further their “skills”. The black market is a dangerous place for a million reasons; drugs just being one of them.
If gangs are going to continue advertising their services on the dark web, the chances of “the war on drugs” ending anytime soon . . . Well, it’s simply not going to happen.
We can only hope that the consumers stupid enough to buy the drugs either get them confiscated – or at least know what they’re doing so they don’t overdose. As for the vendors/gangs selling/trafficking the drugs, the justice system can be one challenging opponent.