A 25-year-old chemistry student from Sweden was caught ordering darkweb heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine in DVD cases to his dorm room — he’s also accused of using counterfeit euro banknotes

The 25-year-old Swedish chemistry student from the district of Valla in Linköping was raided on 1st of November 2018 after the customs officers confiscated several drug orders from the Netherlands destined for the student. The last postal order, however, involved nearly half of kilogram of amphetamines packed in several DVD cases discovered at the customs of Arlanda.

In total, the Customs at Arlanda found 495 grams of amphetamine, 0.49 grams of cocaine, and 15 counterfeit €50 banknotes, in the four DVD cases.

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Upon the raid, police officers found various types of drugs, scales, paraphernalia, packaging materials, and notes that indicated information about past orders and sellers. Authorities also found fifteen €50 counterfeit banknotes and confiscated his computer, cell phones, and other relevant electronic devices for further investigation.

More so, his laptop was connected to a darknet platform when the officers arrived. Fortunately for the policemen, the accused didn’t have time to close his laptop, which would’ve canceled the browsing history.

On the 19th of August 2018, the man has, among other things, received a shipment containing almost ten grams of heroin.

The man is accused of drug trafficking and illegal use of counterfeit money. He denies the crimes completely but hasn’t presented any explanation as to why the items were addressed to him. Nevertheless, the student faces between two and seven years of prison if found guilty on all charges. The trial is underway.

SOURCE: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/kemistudent-atalas-for-knarksmuggling

https://corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/man-smugglade-knark-i-dvd-fodral-om5711308.aspx

Thirteen suspects from the Italian Lovato clan are finally being sent to court after operation “Bitcoin” successfully ended — 100 kilograms of drugs (photo) and €200,000 in cash seized

Code-named operation “Bitcoin,” sponsored by the Italian public ministry of
Benedetto Roberti has successfully ended with the capture of 100 kilograms of drugs, €200.000 in cash, and thirteen suspects sent in court on various accusations of money laundering and narcotics trafficking as of 23 of January 2019.

An underworld criminal gang known as the Lovato clan from Padova, Italy was raided on 9th of October 2018 after almost two years of infiltrating undercover agents, surveillance, and intranet monitoring — the group conducted the majority of its business through the darknet. The months of hard detective work by the Mobile Squad of Padova Police Headquarters culminated in a break-and-enter raid which resulted in the arrest of 9 people, 100 kg of drugs, and €200,000 in cash.

The sting operation resulted in 25 kilograms of hashish, 75 kilograms of marijuana, 200 grams of cocaine, hallucinogen shrooms, opium, cannabis biscuits, paraphernalia, packaging material, and the cash sum of €205 thousand.

Among the accused, is the leader of the gang Emanuele “Dottore” Lovato. A 35-year-old man originally from Verona who was in charge of the “Alexander” bar in San Francesco street.

More so, Lovato’s trusted friend, 21-year-old Piero Pasqualin is also going to court. Piero is a bass player originally from Treviso, cited as one of the thirteen suspects. Piero was in charge of Lovato’s financials. He would convert money into cryptocurrency, order drugs from the deep web, communicate with the sellers via encrypted messaging through Wicker app, and would personally unload the parcels as seen in the police surveillance photos.

Millions of euros were spent on the darkweb to buy drugs from Spain and The Netherlands through Bitcoin and Ethereum. Police estimate a total profit of €20 million which were partially laundered by Emanuele Lovato and another accomplice Marte Denyz Akyil. Both received accusations of money laundering and fiscal fraud.

Lovato was renting a €1,600 villa in Mentana street where he accommodated three of his associates: 30-year-old Raul Buta, 24-year-old Omar Abo Rai, and 29-years-old Marte Denyz Akyil. In the villa, the police found 20 kilograms of drugs cleverly hidden in a modified piece of furniture.

Furthermore, the ringleader kept drugs in his own house where he was living with his concubine Marianna Zoia. More drugs were found in two other apartments, one in Belzoni street and one in Lepanto street, both pertaining to the couple.

The chain of raids started with a breakthrough in Milan where police entered the residence of father and son Claudio and Andrea La Rosa. The duo was storing the bulk of the drugs before sending it to Padova via the courier. Police found the €205.000 in their house.

The main courier for the large drug parcels was 20-year old Francesco Di Maria who was arrested in June 2018 with 11 kilograms of marijuana at an Autogrill highway stop in the proximity of Limenella. The policemen became suspicious of a Citroen C1 car parked in the service area for too long, under the sun with the air conditioner on. The car resulted to be leased from Milan, and upon searching, they found 11 kilograms of marijuana divided in packs of one kilogram. By searching the car’s GPS, the policemen tracked the destination to a warehouse in Milan where they found 39 kilograms of marijuana and packaging material of an estimated value of €300.000 in street money.

Another stash house was located in Turin, 27-year-old Lorenzo Dal Fabbro was arrested, alongside 24-year-old Abo Raia. A total of 16 different raids were executed.

The organization was trafficking large quantities of drugs through the city of Santo. As a helping hand, Lovato involved his 37-year-old concubine, Marianna Zoia who initially denied any form of involvement. Furthermore, many other acquaintances were working for the “Doctor,” as Lovato was known locally: couriers, students, bass players, and singers, even “runners” that would get paid €100 a day to do Lovato’s bidding.

On 28th of December 2018, the public prosecutor solicited the immediate judgment of Emanuele Lovato, Marianna Zoia, Raul Buta, and Lorenzo Dal Fabbro, considered the dome of the organization. Now the process also opens up for the accomplices. They are facing a minimum of ten years of incarceration.

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SOURCE: http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/15435bc6e1d632bdf662493618

http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/135bbc687c188f6747736421

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https://www.padovaoggi.it/cronaca/blitz-droga-arresti-sequestri-padova-9-ottobre-2018.html

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An 18-year-old prolific Italian student from Ventimiglia was found dead after falling from a 45-meter crane in Paris — DarkNet and Blue Whale among the hypothesis of the apparent suicide 

Alessio Vinci was an 18-year-old prolific student enrolled in the Aerospace Engineering University in Turin. He was found dead on Saturday 19th of January 2019 after falling from a 45-meter tower crane located in a Paris building yard, French authorities investigated.

His motive for the alleged suicide is currently unknown. However, the young man suffered after losing his mother and was living with his grandfather, Enzo, who received a modest pension. He was also of brilliant intelligence, after finishing high-school a year earlier with a perfect 100-point final exam grade. His future was looking prosperous after enrolling into the prestigious Aerospace Engineering University in Turin.

His last message to his grandfather was sent from a hotel in Paris on the same day of his death. Telling him that he had a university class and that he was the best grandfather in the world. A message that led investigators to believe a suicide possibility.

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The dismay of his grandfather and teachers:

“Why was he in France?” Enzo repeats several times. “Why has he done such a thing?”

Professor Giuseppe Monticone, principal of the high-school Liceo Scientifico Aprosio, of Ventimiglia recalls:

“He was an excellent boy and student, solar, able to form a relationship with his classmates. We are really shocked by what happened.”

His former middle school teacher, Anna Maria Giovannelli commented on his commemorative Facebook page:

“He was a good boy and model student. Scholar, intelligent, polite, humble, and sensitive. Good at sports and respectful with everyone. I want to remember you happy when you played with your classmates. You missed your mother, you suffered in silence. I tried to love you like all my colleagues, the janitors, and all your companions. Believe me, it was really easy to love you.”

On the other hand, some Instagram comments indicated a connection to the darkweb underculture, more precisely “incels” or involuntary celibates, people who cannot find romantic partners despite trying.

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From a certain friend named Mario Rossier: “Another brother in heaven ‘killed’ by women, may he rests in peace.”

Another user nicknamed “kainwziabai” replied: “Rest in peace, incel brother.”

The comments seem to confirm the suicide hypothesis, taking into consideration the repetitive use of the word “brother” as to describe allegiance to some group. Also, climbing dangerously high spots is typical for the suicidal darkweb game called “the blue whale.” Details are unknown, an investigation is currently underway.

SOURCE: http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/tragica-morte-alessio-sgomento-nonno-e-dei-suoi-insegnanti-1632074.html

https://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/2691463/alessio-vinci-nonno-insegnante

Three men were sentenced to a total of 43 and a half years in jail for selling fentanyl and carfentanyl across the United Kindom and abroad

Jake Levene (left), 22-years-old and Mandy Christopher Lowther (right), 21-years-old were sentenced to 16.5 years each, while the third member in-charge of packaging, 45-years-old Lee Childs (middle) received 10.5 years of imprisonment.

They were sentenced on Friday 18th of January 2019 at the Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to multiple accusations of class-A drug trafficking, mainly fentanyl and its analog carfentanyl. The very strong synthetic opioids are 100 times and 10,000 times stronger, respectively than morphine. Most shockingly, the gang was mixing the two compounds using bulking agents at an improvised laboratory in an industrial unit in Peel Street, Leeds and was reselling the extremely potent and unstable substances over the darknet, under the name of “UKBargins.”

leeds 2.pngInvestigators have identified six British clients of the criminal trio that have overdosed and died from fentanyl consumption. Although not yet confirmed by forensics, the investigators suspect the gang’s potent mix of fentanyl and carfentanyl to be the cause at least one of the cases.

The criminal group sold 2,853 parcels to 443 clients internationally and 172 nationally for a total estimated profit of £163,474 between December of 2016 and April of 2017.

 

Police officers from the National Crime Agency and West Yorkshire Police raided the small facility and confiscated the largest amount of carfentanyl ever to be seized in Europe — 2.6kg of carfentanyl. Another batch of 440 grams was of extreme purity.

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Senior Investigating Officer Graham Roberts declared: “Fentanyl and carfentanyl are extremely potent, the latter having no medical uses for humans. Not only is it potentially lethal for those taking it, but these drugs also pose a serious danger to all those that come into contact with them, be that first responders like law enforcement and medical staff, or in this case, postal staff.”

“UKBargins” site was listed on AlphaBay dark web market. As a warning, the homepage read the message:

“I WILL NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT FENTANYL OR ITS ANALOGUES AS THE CUSTOMER SHOULD ALREADY HAVE RESEARCHED THESE CHEMICALS BEFORE EVEN CONTEMPLATING USING THEM AS THEY ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS & LETHAL IN THE WRONG HANDS.”

However, the written moral warning did not convince the judges. After the lengthy prison terms, each member has to adhere to strict parole included in the Serious Crime Prevention Order. Meaning internet and communication restrictions, limitations on the possession of virtual currencies or certain chemicals. If the conditions are not met, they risk further years in prison.

0_Fentanyl-drugs-court-case[1].jpgPoliceman Graham Roberts added:

“Childs, Lowther, and Levene knew these drugs were life-threatening yet they continued to sell them for their own financial gain. The lengthy jail terms handed down to them today are a reflection on their dangerous and careless actions. This operation shut down their business, therefore taking out a key international supplier of the chemicals. However, the threat from synthetic opioids remains and the NCA works with law enforcement partners, using all the tools at our collective disposal to tackle this worldwide threat.”

leeds.pngDetective Superintendent Pat Twiggs of West Yorkshire Police, declared:

“I welcome the sentencing of Childs, Lowther, and Levene for their role in manufacturing and distributing potentially lethal illegal drugs from the heart of our communities in West Yorkshire. While we cannot prove that the specific batches of fentanyl and carfentanil they sold from Morley caused deaths directly, both kinds of substance are linked to many fatalities. We worked closely with the NCA to investigate and then dismantle this operation and I think the sentences given to these persons reflect the danger their activity posed.”

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SOURCE: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1551-43-years-for-trio-who-sold-potentially-lethal-drug-fentanyl-over-the-dark-web

A drug-peddling gang from Enschede, Holland is in court for smuggling narcotics through the Ahaus border to Germany for an estimated total of €400,000

On Monday morning 21st of January 2018, the district court in Münster saw the appearance of two members of a gang accused of international hard-drug trafficking.

The two Dutchmen played different roles within the criminal group: 29-year-old Frank. L. was a high-ranking member, while 25-year-old Lukas R. from the Dutch city of Goor was responsible for crossing the border into Germany and sending the parcels from the Ahauser post office for modest sums of tens of euros per delivery. More precisely, €10 for a small box and €50 euros for larger ones where they’d negotiate conditions.

Lukas R. would cross the border into Germany and send the vacuum-sealed narcotics nationally or internationally from Ahauser post offices in order to better evade police controls. Until just a couple of months ago, the gang sold marijuana and hashish but also harder drugs such as ecstasy and amphetamines for an estimated total of €400,000.

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One of these couriers was Lukas R. from the Dutch city of Goor. Even before the trial began, Lukas arranged his full admission of guilt with his lawyer. He read his statement with trembling hands and voice, saying that he received the “job” offer in March 2018 in a coffee shop in Enschede. Furthermore, he declared that he never checked the packages:

“I was unemployed for a short time, and I was convinced that it was just hashish and marijuana,” said the 25-year-old.

However, most orders contained MDMA and amphetamines. The prosecutor remained skeptical:

“Have you never been suspicious? Marijuana packages of that weight would have been many times bigger.”

Lukas R. denied. Although he admitted to smoking marijuana on a regular basis, he had never dealt with such amounts. In addition, he pointed out that he had demonstrably rejected a €1500 offer for smuggling cocaine:

“I would never do that.” There was a clear moral limit for Lukas.

For the proven eight journeys from Enschede to Ahaus and Nordhorn, the 25-year-old could go to jail for up to four years. Another gang trafficker was sentenced by the same court in August of 2018 to imprisonment for three years and nine months.

On the other hand, higher-ranking 29-year-old Frank. L. was more discrete in his declarations. Also because Lukas R. has incriminated him multiple times before the judge:

“Most of the supplies I received personally from him,” says Lukas R.

To make things worse, the detectives found the key of the drug stash on Frank L., confirming the testimony of Lukas R. At the end of the hearing on Monday, the court announced:

“If the defendant (Lukas R.) engages in a detailed confession, the maximum sentence for imprisonment is eight years and six months. The lower limit is eight years.”

Implying that the accused could alleviate his sentence by giving a full confession. Moreso, the maximum punishment isn’t fixed yet as the case is still pending in await of capturing the gang leader who is still at large. Thus, also implying that if the defendant chooses to hinder the investigation, he could face more than eight years and six months of incarceration.

Lukas, however, gave signals of wanting to fully cooperate with the authorities, taking into consideration past private meetings with the judge and prosecution.

“We want to formulate it together and bring it to the next meeting,” said the lawyer of Frank L.

The trial before the district court has assumed considerable proportions, involving many individuals, some of them still uncaptured such as the ringleader of the group. Such a large trial has also created substantial bureaucracy. The prosecutor needed 50 minutes just to read the 1200-page indictment at the start of the hearing. Process still in course.

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SOURCE: https://www.halternerzeitung.de/nachrichten/ahaus/drogenbande-nutzt-ahaus-als-umschlagplatz-zwei-mitglieder-vor-gericht-plus-1368063.html?overlay_registration=true&NewReg=true

The man who supplied the mass killer of the Olympia Mall in Munich back in 2016 has been sentenced to seven years in prison 

The young German man Philipp K. (photo) is a native of Marburg and sold a Glock pistol alongside 567 bullets to 18-year-old Iranian-German David Ali Sonboly, the mass shooter of the Munich Olympia Mall massacre of 2016. David killed nine people, wounded five others, and then killed himself after evading police for more than two hours. The darkweb seller, Philipp K. has to spend the next seven years in prison after being found guilty of negligent homicide in nine cases, negligent assault in five cases, and illegal arms trade.

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On Monday 21st of January 2018, the Federal Court of Justice has rejected the 22 co-defendants’ pleas as unfounded, thus rendering into effect every individual sentence given by the court previously. The defendants, who were all related to the case, tried to downgrade the negligent homicide accusations to abetting attempted manslaughter which would have reduced their prison terms considerably.

The final decision comes after a year of court review proceedings. Philipp was sentenced to seven years in prison for selling the Glock pistol on the infamous darkweb platform called “Deutschland im Deep Web (DiDW).” The administrator of the website, 31-year-old co-defendant Alexander U. was also sentenced on 19th of December 2018 to six years of incarceration.

Philipp K. personally met David S. in two instances on May 20th and July 17th of 2016 in the town of Marburg. They made the deal on the “DiDW” platform and with the help of encryption messaging service Bitmessage.

Shortly after, at 17:52 PM on Friday, 22nd of July of 2016, David killed five teenagers and injured one inside a McDonald’s store in the Munich Olympia mall, killed three and wounded three others outside the mall, re-entered the mall and killed another young man, and then finally, injured another bypasser outside, as he was exiting the mall. The lone killer evaded arrest on foot for more than two hours into the next day but killed himself as the police were closing in on him.

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Although the court acknowledged the fact that Philipp K. did not know about the shooter’s intentions, it rejected both the appeal of the defendant and co-defendants as unfounded:

“The revision of the defendant was unfounded, his sentence to seven years of imprisonment goes into effect,” said the Federal Court (BGH) on Monday 21st of January 2018 in Karlsruhe.

The 7-year sentence comes as a middle ground between the defense, who asked for 3.5 years of imprisonment, and the prosecution who asked for much harsher murder convictions.

Philipp K. expressed deep remorse for the victims and said that if he had known the killer’s intentions, he would never have sold the gun to the madman — a deranged teenager who adored Hitler, Breivik, and had radical political ideas.

SOURCE: https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.phillip-k-schuldig-gesprochen-oez-waffenhaendler-verurteilt-sieben-jahre-gefaengnis.5d3edbf9-6431-42a5-85e6-db9146265358.html

https://www.kostenlose-urteile.de/BGH_1-StR-35618_Verurteilung-des-Verkaeufers-der-fuer-den-Muenchener-Amoklauf-genutzten-Waffe-rechtskraeftig.news26946.htm

http://www.nordbayern.de/region/amoklauf-in-munchen-urteil-gegen-waffenhandler-rechtskraftig-1.8521914

https://www.dw.com/en/munich-shooter-liked-nazis-breivik-identified-as-aryan-says-report/a-39803749

 

 

 

 

A 15-year-old Italian female student collapses in the school bathroom and has convulsions after smoking darkweb marijuana — male friend under investigation for offering narcotics and using counterfeit

On Friday 18th of January 2019, a 15-year-old girl from the Italian city of Campobasso collapsed under aggressive convulsions after smoking what appears to be marijuana offered by one of her older male friends. She was taken to the “Cardarelli” hospital in a semi-conscious state and is under stable condition. More interesting is the fact that the results for traditional drugs came negative, meaning that the girl might have assumed designer drugs which are notoriously more chemically unstable.

Her older male friend who offered the unidentified narcotics is under police inquiry. The police searched his backpack at school as well as his house and found a number of fake €20 banknotes at his residence. Furthermore, preliminary investigations indicate that the deep web drug order was placed by the boy with money from several other individuals for a single order of between €300 and €500.

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Istituto Comprensivo D’Ovidio

A day after the incident, the Mobile Squad policemen, the Provincial Health Office, and the Traffic Police were involved in an education and information class on the risks related to the consumption of drugs at the Comprehensive Institute “D’Ovidio” of Campobasso, where they held a meeting with about 50 high-school students, during which the students showed, once again, considerable interest on the subject, formulating questions to the police officers and expressing curiosity and perplexity on the topic.

The suspect is accused of violation of art. 455 of the Italian criminal code which regards spending and introducing counterfeit money into the State’s financial circulation. The penal code requires incarceration from 3 to 12 years and fines from €516 to €3.098. Adjacently, he’s investigated for drug trafficking. However, he’ll be judged as a minor and will most likely receive a suspended sentence, rehabilitation coercion, and fines.

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SOURCE: http://www.ecoaltomolise.net/si-sente-male-scuola-aver-assunto-droga-indagini-della-polizia/

http://www.seitorri.it/?p=50452

https://www.primonumero.it/2019/01/fuma-uno-spinello-e-ha-le-convulsioni-terrore-a-scuola-per-una-15enne/1530542965/

https://www.isnews.it/cronaca/59066-allarme-droga-studentessa-assume-sostanze-nel-bagno-della-scuola-e-finisce-senza-sensi-in-ospedale.html

RESOURCE: https://www.brocardi.it/codice-penale/libro-secondo/titolo-vii/capo-i/art453.html

A 20-year-old Portuguese woman was arrested for selling darkweb ecstasy and hashish at trance parties and nightclubs in the city of Pombal

On Thursday 17th of January 2019, the Judicial Police of Pombal in the Leiria District, Portugal has apprehended a 20-year-old woman for drug trafficking. The woman was caught with 101 ecstasy tablets weighing a total of 52.64 grams, hashish weighing 33.42 grams, a precision scale, and other articles used in the cultivation and production of cannabis.

The court affidavit states that the narcotics were intended for consumption and commercialization “in trance parties and other spaces of nighttime entertainment.”

The arrest came as a flagrant operation following a national effort aimed at combating the import of synthetic drugs. The investigation indicates that the ecstasy came from central European countries and arrived in the hands of the young woman through a postal order made through the deep web.

The young unemployed woman was already present at the first judicial interrogation and was bound to appear twice a week to the authorities, as a measure of coercion.

Although Portugal has decriminalized the use of drugs, drug trafficking is still a serious offense. The criminal penal code dictates a sentence of 1-5 years for minor cases of trafficking and 4-12 years for more severe cases. Usually, the severity is determined by the social circumstances and by the type of narcotics involved. Moreso, the punishment is reduced for users who sell drugs to finance their addiction.

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SOURCE: https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/642540/jovem-de-20-anos-comprava-ecstasy-na-darknet-para-vender-em-festas

http://www.diarioleiria.pt/noticia/40527

https://www.regiaodeleiria.pt/2019/01/pj-detem-em-pombal-uma-mulher-suspeita-de-trafico-de-estupefacientes/

https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/1181041/mulher-detida-em-pombal-por-comprar-ecstasy-na-darknet

RESOURCE: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/countries/drug-reports/2018/portugal/drug-laws-and-drug-law-offences_en

Four German men aged 35 to 39 are indicted for selling counterfeit money and hard drugs on a darknet platform

On Thursday 17th of January 2018, a court spokesman declared that the four men aged 35 to 39 from Frankfurt and Offenbach are expected in the district court of Frankfurt on accusations of internationally selling cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, LSD, hashish, marijuana, and counterfeit money.

The court affidavit states that the group sent almost 170 orders at home and abroad from December 2017 to August 2018. It’s estimated that the total illegal revenue is of a “lower five-digit sum.”

In addition to drug trafficking, they are said to have offered a number of fake €500 banknotes of “relatively good quality” on the Darknet for sale. One of the men is said to have imported more than eight kilograms of marijuana from Spain.

The four men were arrested last August of 2018 after covert investigations by the Central Office for the Suppression of Cybercrime (ZIT) of the Attorney General Frankfurt and the Hessian State Criminal Police Office. Since then they are in custody and awaiting sentencing.

Regarding money forging, the German penal code provides a punishment from one to ten years. For less serious cases, imprisonment from six months to five years. Furthermore, drug trafficking shall be punished by incarceration of up to five years and/or a fine. More severe penalties are required for those who act on a commercial basis or endangers the health of others. The group is expected to receive up to five years in prison and hefty fines and property confiscations.

SOURCE: https://www.welt.de/regionales/hessen/article187219264/Anklage-gegen-vier-Maenner-wegen-Drogenhandels-im-Darknet.html

https://www.op-online.de/offenbach/drogenhandel-darknet-maenner-offenbach-angeklagt-11282122.html

RESOURCE: http://endriss-kollegen.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/What-you-should-know-about-German-Narcotics-Law.pdf

https://www.lewik.org/term/15802/forgery-section-267-german-criminal-code/

A 30-year-old Austrian man was caught selling darknet marijuana to a 16-year-old student while in probation and received a year in prison

The 30-year-old man from Innsbruck, Austria ordered 700 grams of cannabis from a dark web Dutchman to resell and consume. He sold ten grams to a 16-year-old student while in a nine-month probation period due to a past criminal record.

Attorney Martin Triendl had no easy task defending the culprit. Upon hearing the judge’s intention to punish the man to three years of incarceration, he replied:

“My client needs medical attention and no detention.”

Prosecutor Hansjörg Mayr wasn’t so easily convinced by this, unable to overlook the drug trafficking to a minor:

“This is particularly reprehensible. You noticed for yourself the addiction of using cannabis, and you still sold it to a student.”

The court was also offended by the fact that the accused continued illegal activities even on parol. Judge Andreas Mair made it short:

“You did not want to take our second chance. I’m giving you a one year in prison. Otherwise, you won’t learn!”

The accused has to spend one year in prison, pay a fine of €500 to the state, and submit to a five-year probation sentence.

SOURCE: https://www.tt.com/panorama/verbrechen/15226138/cannabis-an-tiroler-schueler-verkauft-ein-jahr-haft-fuer-30-jaehrigen