Interesting Read

I ran across this site today. I don't know how credible it is, but it seems like the guy does his homework.

https://www.gwern.net/DNM%20arrests#summary

I found one section that may put some minds at ease. As I said, I can't vouch for the credibility, so don't take it as gospel.

A few motifs do emerge:

  • many buyers go down to CDs and the subsequent searches turning up additional illegal goods, suggesting
  • major mitigations: never signing, and cleaning house to the extent possible when expecting a new delivery
  • international deliveries are highly risky for both the seller and the buyer, and Australia/NZ more so sellers should be assumed to keep records & addresses; many have turned out to do so

  • but simple addresses seem minimally useful to LE as there are few known busts despite the many thousands of captured transaction records with addresses - with a few exceptions:

    1. if the address is from an account which is itself a seller (an argument for single-role accounts)
    2. the seller has been infiltrated but not yet busted, and there are orders in flight which can be turned into quick & easy CDs
    3. the products being sold are guns or poisons, in which case, retrospective arrests may be tried

I know the past doesn't dictate the future, but this is still food for thought.


Comments


[8 Points] Nod_God:

Gwern is a legend in these parts


[7 Points] None:

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[1 Points] chillywilly16:

/u/gwern do you have any thoughts on this?