Australian Silkroad User Arrested

[sekio]

ArsTechnica article:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/australian-cops-tout-arrest-of-man-for-bitcoin-drug-deal/

Two Australian law enforcement agencies are crowing about their arrest of a man who attempted to import illicit drugs into Australia using the online drug marketplace Silk Road. [...]
The press release doesn't explain how Australian officials caught the suspect, who "was charged with 10 offenses relating to the importation, trafficking and possession of narcotics and prohibited weapons." While the government tries to give the impression that it is monitoring transactions on Silk Road itself, it's possible it caught the suspect through more traditional means.

Press release:

http://www.afp.gov.au/media-centre/news/afp/2012/july/afp-and-Customs-warn-users-of-silk-road.aspx

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service are warning anyone engaging in illegal activity through online marketplaces such as Silk Road that their identity will not always remain anonymous and when caught, they will be prosecuted.

I think we all saw this kind of thing coming.

 

[trip.more]

They didn't catch them because they used SR, they caught the drugs in customs like they always do (.5-3% of the time lol) and the person told them they used SR. They are just saying this to try to get people to stop using it.

 

[ro4eva]

“Criminals are attempting to exploit the international mail system through online networks, but the recent arrest demonstrates that we are one step ahead of them," said AFP official Peter Sykora.

LOL - No; you are not. Not even close.

To cover my ass, I'm not suggesting I partake in shopping online for controlled substances, but there's no way Aussie customs - or any first world country customs - can sift through every single mail item coming into the country. Not by a long shot. That being said, I'm guessing the smell gave it away.

Individuals who import border controlled drugs face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and/or a $825,000 fine.

When are you morons gonna stop ruining someone's (non violent users being sent to the yard again... and again) life because they choose to ingest something which is not of your creation, not your intellectual property and was around long before you were sucking on your momma's titties and frankly shouldn't be any of your damn business.

You ain't gonna stop people from using, or dealing, or importing via mail, mules or other means. No matter how much tax payer money you be dumping into CBP, ADEA and associates' budgets. Fak off.

 

[the toad]

So customs found stuff and theyre trying to say theyve cracked the silkroad code? Lmao

 

[Doctor_Ew420]

From the information i can gather on SR I do not believe it will ever truly get shut down. SR itself may go away for one reason or another, but like the owner has said (and like what was said when napster got taken down) that the cat is out of the bag. If Silkroad goes away, a new, more secure site will take its place.

 

[dais]

The press release doesn't explain how Australian officials caught the suspect, who "was charged with 10 offenses relating to the importation, trafficking and possession of narcotics and prohibited weapons." While the government tries to give the impression that it is monitoring transactions on Silk Road itself, it's possible it caught the suspect through more traditional means.

i'd say they've been monitoring this guy for a while, before silk road came along, just waiting for the "right" time. either through unusual bit coin activity or they've ordered some weight.

 

[pkt]

Customs find the shit and they let it through so they can bust the person receiving the drugs and then he will say he bought it online.