{"id":52215,"date":"2020-11-12T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=52215"},"modified":"2020-11-12T09:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:01:29","slug":"televends-complex-system-of-telegram-drug-bots-swell-as-german-police-seize-9-telegram-drug-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=52215","title":{"rendered":"Televend\u2019s Complex System of Telegram Drug Bots Swell as German Police Seize 9 Telegram Drug Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Televend\u2019s<\/p>\n

During the last few months following the departure of the infamous Empire darknet market (DNM), a great number of DNM users have been flocking to alternative vendors. More recently, a new bot service on Telegram called Televend has been attracting tens of thousands of users and the service has grown colossal since it was first introduced. Meanwhile, law enforcement from Germany recently seized nine Telegram groups operating in the same manner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The demise<\/a> of the darknet marketplace Empire has seen a wave of DNM users flocking to alternative DNMs,<\/a> but also newly created Telegram channels that offer illegal wares 24 hours a day. For instance, back in mid-October news.Bitcoin.com reported<\/a> on a new complex system of robot drug dealing Telegram channels called \u201cTelevend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since our initial report on the subject, the Televend system is still very active and has grown gigantically since then.<\/p>\n

\"Televend\u2019s
One of Televend group chat rooms with active users and vendors discussing LSD and gel tabs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, one of the Televend channels called \u201cBuy Drugs\u201d has 155,201 subscribers at the time of publication. Other branches of Televend groups have doubled and quadrupled in size since our last report.<\/p>\n

\u201cTelevend is an auto-shop bot network for direct dealers,\u201d the software\u2019s creators detail. \u201cWe administer the bots and vendors run them like private shops. Customers can visit them and pay with bitcoin, track orders and payments plus leave feedback\/ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Televend\u2019s
In the Televend Shop Reviews channel, customers can check out a wide range of drugs from specific vendors alongside reviews of the vendor\u2019s product and processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Televend vendors control their own listings and users need to locate a trusted vendor to access a specific bot. Drug vendors operate the \u201clistings and configuration of their bot via a .onion Tor based control panel so no Telegram account is needed to vend.\u201d<\/p>\n

From behind the control panel, vendors can answer messages from customers, process orders, and access other features. Today the Televend \u201cGroup Chat\u201d has over 15,000 users discussing vendors, drugs, and news stories.<\/p>\n

\"Televend\u2019s
The channel dubbed \u2018Buy Drugs\u2019 has 155,035 subscribers on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 10:23 a.m. (EST) on Wednesday morning, one user wrote: \u201cCan anyone recommend a verified bot selling decent MDMA please?\u201d A number of other users throughout the backlog of chat messages show many people have asked the same question when looking for a reliable Televend vendor.<\/p>\n

A number of other users usually respond to the questions and they often refer a vendor that they trust. There are also many random vendors advertising wares like cannabis, opium, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, and a colorful assortment of pharmaceuticals as well.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at the end of October, German law enforcement announced<\/a> the seizure of nine Telegram channels that operate in a similar manner. A translated report<\/a> from darknetlive.com shows the Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT), the General Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Frankfurt and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) participated in the seizure.<\/p>\n

\"Televend\u2019s
At the end of October, German law enforcement officials announced seizing nine Telegram-based drug groups with 8,000 users.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The BKA called the illicit Telegram channels \u201calternatives to the darknet,\u201d according to the official\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

The General Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office disclosed that the investigations into these Telegram groups started this past summer during the month of June 2020. Prosecutors identified 28 vendors and on October 29, the German task force teams raided 30 different properties throughout Germany as well.<\/p>\n

\"Televend\u2019s
German police confiscated a stash of euros and a few kilos of drugs from some of the Telegram drug dealers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Law enforcement confiscated over four kilos of different types of drugs and around 8,000 euros in cash. The report also details that only two suspects were arrested from the Offenbach District so far.<\/p>\n

In addition to announcing the confiscations, German police revealed that nine Telegram channels were shut down. Interestingly, one of the groups was called the \u201cSilk Road\u201d and the other marketplace channels also had unique names.<\/p>\n

The translated report also shows that the Telegram channels had roughly 8,000 users before they were seized. On Twitter, the darknet market researcher and analyst called \u2018Darkfail<\/a>\u2019 discussed the Telegram group seizure, and noted that he doesn\u2019t think they were Televend related.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Silk Road\u2019 Telegram groups seized by German authorities. These do not appear to have been powered by Televend, an emerging alternative to Tor crypto markets,\u201d Darkfail tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Televend\u2019s massive growth and the recent Telegram channel seizures in Germany? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Televend\u2019s Complex System of Telegram Drug Bots Swell as German Police Seize 9 Telegram Drug Channels<\/a> appeared first on Bitcoin News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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During the last few months following the departure of the infamous Empire darknet market (DNM), a great number of DNM users have been flocking to alternative vendors. More recently, a new bot service on Telegram called Televend has been attracting tens of thousands of users and the service has grown colossal since it was first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}