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The dark web is a subset of the internet that requires special software to use, making it hard for police to track users and block illicit drugs. It is also home to thousands of clandestine drug-supply shops that offer an array of illicit and dangerous substances in exchange for crypto currencies such as bitcoin. These online dispensaries, known as dark markets, are one of the hardest fronts in the global opioid crisis.Last fall, RCMP officers in Canada said they disrupted what could be the country’s most sophisticated fentanyl and carfentanil trafficking and exportation enterprises to date after posing as buyers and conducting “countless hours of covert surveillance.” The investigation led to the seizure of packages suspected of containing fentanyl or its more potent cousin, carfentanil, destined for Canadian, American and European cities, as well as Calgary. The death toll from the substance that is 1,000 times more potent than heroin has reached 160 in Alberta alone.In the months before he was arrested in Sydney last year, Chris sold MDMA — in liquid, tablet and powdered form — cocaine and ketamine on Australia’s so-called dark web. Buy cocaine Australia was living the high life, with business-class flights and stays at swanky hotels funded by his thriving online operations. But his drugs often weren’t what they claimed to be. A study by RMIT in collaboration with UNSW Sydney and Canadian testing facility Get Your Drugs Tested found that 35% of samples bought on the dark web were not what they were advertised as.