Dark web is 'like county without police force'

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Dark web is 'like county without police force'

Former chief's cyber crime warning comes amid discussion about setting up a discrete internet law enforcement body.

Date - 10th November 2014
By - Josh Loeb - Police Oracle

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The existence of "dark" parts of the internet where users enjoy near total anonymity is "like having a UK county with no law enforcement", an ex police chief has said. Former Surrey Police chief constable Bob Quick was...

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