German Police Force Shifts More Focus to Darknet After Mass Shooting

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German Police Force Shifts More Focus to Darknet After Mass Shooting

By CircleID Reporter
July 27, 2016, 7:51 pm PDT Views: 4,616 Add Comment

“German police will do more to fight crime committed on the dark net’,” was the announcement days after mass shooting by a gunman with weapon bought from the darknet. “We see that the darknet is a growing trading place and therefore we need to prioritise our investigations here,” said Holger Muench, head of Germany’s Federal Police (BKA).

— Frank Siebelt reporting from Germany in Reuters: “The BKA said it had taken five market places in the dark net out of circulation last year. ... Cyber crime cost Germany 40.5 million euros ($44.5 million) last year, the BKA’s report said, a rise of 2.8 percent. Most of the more than 45,000 cases involved computer fraud.”

— “If we look ahead we see little relief… Cyber crime is still a growing phenomenon - you could say almost a growing business, even a growing industry.”

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