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To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if a Russian criminal gang/the mafia tried to set up one of these marketplaces themselves. Seems like they'd be much safer from being shut down/arrested by the US authorities than anyone trying to keep their opsec good in a US friendly country.

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised that so many darknet markets turned out to be run by amateur technies in the US or Western Europe rather than actual criminal gangs.



There is always the possibility that the amateur techies were fall guys, I agree that it is odd that no major market had significant ties


That is actually a good point. Who's to say all these site 'owners' actually are the people funding or backing up the project?

Maybe they already are getting help from established criminal gangs and organisations. It's not impossible.




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