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I think the flip side to the nobody trusts anyone is once you out yourself as a hitman with a good reputation ... I think you can assume any customers will be cops pretty dang fast.


That doesn't seem to happen for drug markets.


Seems to happen to the operators of dark web services... and then their users.

Beyond that though a hitman seems to assume some level of proximity to the target that authorities could use. Mailing drugs much less so.


Aye. With hitmen there are bodies, a capital crime, and no statute of limitations. Drug laws are often much more lenient, not as far reaching, and some random guys Silk Road order is a drop in the bucket compared to the serious importing and production of said drugs.

Plus you order your goods to the wrong address or use a fake name, and when the heat comes around you say "it wasn't me" and flush your drugs -- they're not going to chase you for months the way they might a murder case.

Obviously exceptions for the guys ordering kilos of coke every quarter, but as long as you put a little bit of effort into CYA no one is going to kick down your door for $80 worth of Molly.


NOT true watch or read 'the jackal' (the book is a bit different because it's against the french president not the US)

And its partially a true story:

https://www.insidehook.com/article/military/real-life-jackal...




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