Update on the largest darknet trial

Summary

In the largest darknet trial to date, the operators of servers facilitating illicit transactions were convicted of forming a criminal organization but acquitted of aiding and abetting over 240,000 individual crimes, receiving up to five years in prison.

Abstract

The article updates on the outcome of a significant trial involving the darknet, where defendants were charged with running a criminal organization and facilitating numerous crimes. After a year, the court convicted them for the former, sentencing them to prison terms of up to five years, but they were acquitted of the latter charge, which involved aiding and abetting more than 240,000 crimes. The trial marked a legal precedent by targeting not the sellers of illegal goods but the infrastructure operators. The article also includes a call to action for readers to support the author by signing up for a Medium membership.

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The author suggests that the trial was a landmark case, focusing on the operators rather than the direct sellers of illegal goods.
The court's decision to acquit the defendants of aiding and abetting over 240,000 crimes indicates a specific interpretation of legal responsibility in the context of darknet activities.
The author implies that the trial's outcome is significant for future legal proceedings concerning darknet operations.
By encouraging readers to sign up for a Medium membership, the author expresses a belief in the value of their work and the importance of supporting journal

After one year the sentences were pronounced

The photo does not show the data center around which the trial revolved.

I have already written about this trial in an article:

The defendants had been charged with, among other things, forming a criminal organization and aiding and abetting more than 240,000 crimes.

This time, it was not the sellers of weapons and drugs who were on trial, but the operators of the servers through which these transactions were carried out.

The court found the defendants guilty of forming a criminal organization. They received prison sentences of up to five years. However, the court acquitted the defendants of aiding and abetting the more than 240,000 criminal acts.

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