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A man has been put behind bars in the land of the rising sun, for allegedly using bitcoins to smuggle drugs. Bitcoin Drug Trafficking The suspect, Ayumu Teramoto, is accused of  paying off his Mexican suppliers in the digital currency. A spokesman for Tokyo Metropolitan Police...

A 22-year old Dutch man, by the user name SuperTrips, has dealt with ecstasy, cocaine, and LSD through the Silk Road website run with Bitcoin. SuperTrips’ real name is Cornelis Jan Slomp and he is from the Netherlands. According to U.S Attorney Zachary T. Fardon, and Slomp’s...