The interior Ministry announced the elimination of the largest online drug store
Activities trading platform RAMP was terminated in July, said Deputy interior Minister Mikhail Vanichkin.
MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. The interior Ministry has eliminated the largest online drug store — RAMP (Russian anonymous marketplace), which operated in the Russian segment of the TOR network. This is stated in the answer of the Deputy Minister of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vanichkin at the request of the Deputy of the state Duma Anton Gorelkin about the measures taken by the Agency against the spread of drugs in the Internet. The request of a parliamentarian was sent in August, and the closing RAMP has not previously been reported.
“As a result of events in July 2017 discontinued operations are the largest in the Russian segment of the TOR trading platform RAMP (Russian anonymous marketplace)”, — stated in the document, a copy of which is at TASS. As emphasized by Vanichkin, Ministry of internal Affairs on a permanent basis implements “complex of measures, directed on revealing and suppression of activity of participants of criminal groups, engaged in distribution of synthetic drugs, dangerous drugs, precursors and cocaine in a contactless manner with the aid of the Internet”. “The main efforts are directed on suppression of channels of supply of drugs and the elimination of organized groups and criminal organizations who traffic in them”, — stated in the letter.