Dedicated police units needed to tackle dark net drug trade

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.

In a report, ‘Drugs and the Darknet’, two agencies said that the hidden online network was very resilient and was able to “quickly absorb law enforcement actions” such as the takedown of a major marketplace.