The term “packaging” refers to the manner in which the drug is packaged in order to evade detection by sniffer dogs or other methods of locating odors and traces. As a deterrent for dishonest users, the operator of the website keeps the money in a secure location. The actual shipping of the goods through the postal system is the only link in the chain that could potentially be compromised–though that is changing of late. The researcher named at least two markets that are already vying to take the “top spot.”
Alongside Europol, law enforcement agencies from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (represented by the National Crime Agency), and the United States (represented by the DEA, FBI, and IRS) took part in the operation. An Australian national was detained by German authorities over the weekend on suspicion of being the person responsible for operating a marketplace located close to the border between Germany and Denmark. “Cryptomarkets open and close all the time, and since Silk Road’s closure in 2013, we’ve seen over 100 come and go,” he said.
