The growing drug trade on the dark net is very difficult to disrupt and national police need to set up specialist investigation teams, according to an EU report. While the monetary value is low, Ireland has a trade in drug sales on the dark net, the EU’s drugs and police agencies have said. It said that most communication between sellers and buyers on dark net markets now involve multilayered encryption. It said national teams need to have sufficient technical capabilities and specialist, dedicated resources. The report said that drug sales — namely of hallucinogens, cannabis, and dissociatives — in the region of about €200,000 were sold from Ireland between 2011 and 2015.

Source: Irish Examiner November 29, 2017 00:11 UTC