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Re:Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns by mirimir on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @06:46PM (#20170130)
That's true, somewhat. If you read the history of the SR1 takedown, you see that the FBI interviewed buyers whose packages had been intercepted by Customs. And from what I've seen, there's no indication that any of them were prosecuted.

But on the other hand, someone did have heroin sent to Brian Krebs, and planned to trigger a SWAT upon delivery.[0] It was just luck that he found out about it in advance, and filed a police report. For less clueful victims, it's still arguably a substantial risk.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/hacker-who-sent-me-heroi...

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Re:Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns by gwern on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:38PM (#20170825)
> If you read the history of the SR1 takedown, you see that the FBI interviewed buyers whose packages had been intercepted by Customs. And from what I've seen, there's no indication that any of them were prosecuted.

At least 65 SR1 buyers are known to have been arrested: https://www.gwern.net/DNM-arrests

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Re:Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns by mirimir on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:55PM (#20170924)
Wow. Great work! Thanks.
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