Treviso, 13 July 2022 – Taking advantage of theanonymity guaranteed by the so-called ‘dark side’ of the Net, the Darkweb, had performed a payment in cryptocurrencies to commission another user, administrator of a site specializing in commission murders, to kill a rival in love. It happens in Treviso, on client, 34 years old identified by the State Police after complex investigations characterized by a high degree of technological systems, he was referred to the Judicial Authority for aggravated threats.
The potential victim rescued by the FBI
In particular, the investigations carried out by the Postal and Communications Police Service, in collaboration with the Postal Police of Venice and Treviso, under the coordination of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Treviso, comes to life from an activity of international cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (Fbi) which had informed the Postal Police about a 45 year old from Treviso potential victim of a paid homicide ‘service’.
Client’s name revealed
The first checks on the network, carried out by the Treviso Postal Police Section, made it possible to give a name and surname to the victim, who, thanks to the Conegliano Public Security Commissioner, was subjected to a confidential protection activity to ensure his safety .
Further investigations made it possible to identify important telematic traces connected to the payments made, thus allowing us to trace the ‘principal’ of the commissioned murder, a 34-year-old from the province of Treviso.
The sentimental motive
The murderous will lies in the inability of the 34-year-old to be sentimentally matched by the victim’s young girlfriend, of whom he is secretly in love. Hence the criminal plan that came to life in the darkweb and that would have allowed the lover, if the criminal project was completed, to be able to woo the woman freely.
The subsequent judicial police activity against the sender of the murder, carried out with the help of the Conegliano Commissariat, made it possible to obtain feedback on the money movements e you cryptocurrencies from the virtual wallet of the principal to that of the administrator of the site of homicides on commission, which at the moment is only under investigation.
Investigations break down the darkweb wall
The entire judicial affair is characterized by some aspects of novelty which deserve to be emphasized. The successful identification of a user operating on the Darkweb testifies that the non-indexed part of the Network, where illicit goods and services are freely offered, up to now considered impenetrable by the Police Forces, it is no longer such. The modern investigative techniques used by the Postal and Communications Police, in particular those for tracing payments in cryptocurrencies, in fact allow, as in this case, to trace the holders of the cryptocurrency wallet.