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Two U.S. senators said Sunday they will ask federal authorities to crack down on a secretive narcotics market operated on the Internet with anonymous sales and untraceable currency.
Heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines are among the drugs being sold in the well-protected website apparently operating for just a few months.
Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, both Democrats, said they asked the Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration to shut down and investigate the website, often referred to as the Silk Road after an ancient Asian trade route.
"This audacious website should be shut down immediately," Manchin said.
More about it here.
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This is the deep web, accessible via Tor and using a user rating system and bitcoin and other types of currency it is the darkest part of the internet. I think this Silk Road is pretty new but the deep web has been around for a while now.
Heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines are among the drugs being sold in the well-protected website apparently operating for just a few months.
Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, both Democrats, said they asked the Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration to shut down and investigate the website, often referred to as the Silk Road after an ancient Asian trade route.
"This audacious website should be shut down immediately," Manchin said.
More about it here.
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This is the deep web, accessible via Tor and using a user rating system and bitcoin and other types of currency it is the darkest part of the internet. I think this Silk Road is pretty new but the deep web has been around for a while now.
