Online Drug Trafficking on the Rise, Police Need Resources to Respond

Online Drug Trafficking on the Rise, Police Need Resources to Respond
A woman uses her computer keyboard in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on Dec. 19, 2012. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
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There’s a growing trend of online encrypted drug dealing that a study says needs more attention by police.

Richard Frank, an associate professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., says the encrypted markets are attractive to buyers and sellers for lower prices, contactless transactions and a large variety of drugs available.