Illicit Gun Sales Made to Canadians Through Dark Web, Mounties Warn

Illicit Gun Sales Made to Canadians Through Dark Web, Mounties Warn
Police display guns, drugs, and other items that were seized during an investigation into the Manitoba drug trade, in Winnipeg on Oct. 19, 2016. Criminals are using the darknet to sell illicit guns to Canadians, the RCMP warns. The Canadian Press/Steve Lambert
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OTTAWA—Criminals are using the darker corners of the internet, hard-to-track digital currency and creative shipping techniques to sell illicit guns to Canadians, the RCMP warns.

The message comes as thousands of young people across North America demand an end to gun violence, and the Trudeau government moves to tighten laws on the licensing, sale, and tracing of firearms.