Law enforcement techniques

It was revealed in 2015 that Interpol provides a special Dark Web training course with technical details on TOR, cybersecurity, and practice darknet market takedowns. The UK’s National Crime Agency and GCHQ announced the establishment of a joint operations cell to concentrate on cybercrime in October 2013. This squad was given the responsibility of combating child exploitation on the Dark Web as well as other cybercrimes in November 2015. Researchers, law enforcement, and policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in the Dark Web since it is characterized by the unknown, according to a comprehensive analysis of it published by the Congressional Research Service in March 2017. Reports in August 2017 claimed that where possible and required, cybersecurity companies that monitor and study the Dark Web on behalf of banks and retailers often communicate their findings with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies on illicit content.

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