Crypto-powered narcotics gangs have turned Korean-language Telegram channels into “drugs department stores” and a “playground” for young South Koreans, media outlets reported on April 28.
Newspapers such as Seoul Kyungjae noted that it has been almost a year since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called for an “all-out war” on crypto-powered drug trafficking.
Yoon’s comments came after police reported dozens of cases of narcotics trading by teenagers and people in their 20s.
However, it now appears that some Telegram channel operators know that police are monitoring their channels – and are responding by openly “taunting detectives.”
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