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Chapitre
Policing cryptomarkets and the digital war on drugs [Chapter 5]
Auteur(s) :
MARTIN, J. ;
WARREN, I. ;
MANN, M.
Année
2022
Page(s) :
111-131
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-1-00-082831-3
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLICE
;
CRIMINALITE
;
LEGISLATION
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
CRYPTOMARCHE
;
LUTTE
;
INTERNET
;
EFFICACITE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
;
AUSTRALIE
Résumé :
This chapter explores the problems associated with the war on drugs in the pre-digital era, and the translation of approaches to the policing of organised crime into the dark web. Our analysis focuses on US and Australian legal developments, which demonstrate how permissive laws provide the basis for sanctioning contentious enforcement tactics that do little to limit the nature, extent, and scope of harms caused by illicit drug distribution on the dark web. First, we frame our argument considering key elements of the US-led war on drugs, before moving into a discussion of the moral panic that accompanies contemporary approaches to the policing of cryptomarkets. This is followed by a critical discussion of organised crime and conspiracy laws that are used to identify 'kingpins' in charge of administering cryptomarkets. We conclude with consideration of how expanded Australian surveillance laws (that have extraterritorial impacts) conflate drug trafficking with other harmful dark web activities. We argue that taken together these processes are the product of a constant expansion of state power that undermines human rights and civil liberties, while conferring enormous powers on the police for domestic and transnational activities that do little to disrupt drug cryptomarkets or mitigate drug-related harms. [Author's abstract]