Evaluation of Evidence in Dark Web Drug Cases: The Approach of the Finnish Supreme Court

Juhana Riekkinen

Evaluation of Evidence in Dark Web Drug Cases: The Approach of the Finnish Supreme Court

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The dark web has become a popular platform for the sale of illegal drugs. Individual cases regularly come to the attention of the criminal justice system when envelopes and parcels containing drugs are intercepted in customs inspections. In such a situation, the main evidence against the alleged buyer consists of the addressee information on the mail item. The addressee may claim to be unaware of someone ordering drugs using their name and address, and evidence relating to the activity on the dark web itself is typically lacking. The Supreme Court of Finland has recently decided two such cases with different outcomes. In this paper, the approach of the Supreme Court is analyzed in an effort to clarify the decisive factors in such cases and to consider the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.

Alkuperäiskieli	englanti
Otsikko	Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung / Responsible Digitalization
Alaotsikko	Tagungsband des 23. Internationalen Rechtsinformatik Symposions IRIS 2020 / Proceedings of the 23rd International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2020
Toimittajat	Erich Schweighofer, Walter Hötzendorfer, Franz Kummer, Ahti Saarenpää
Julkaisupaikka	Bern
Kustantaja	Editions Weblaw
Sivut	475–483
ISBN (painettu)	978-3-96698-589-5
Tila	Julkaistu - 2020
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkelil konferenssijulkaisussa
Tapahtuma	Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion IRIS 2020: Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung - Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Itävalta Kesto: 27 helmikuuta 2020 → 29 helmikuuta 2020 http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2020

Julkaisusarja

Sarja	Editions Weblaw II, Colloquium
Numero	28

Konferenssi

Konferenssi	Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion IRIS 2020
Lyhennettä	IRIS 2020
Maa	Itävalta
Kaupunki	Salzburg
Ajanjakso	27.02.2020 → 29.02.2020
www-osoite	http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2020

Hakusanat

Pimeä verkko
Tor
Huumausaineet
Todistelu
Selitystaakka

Tieteenala

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Riekkinen, J. (2020). Evaluation of Evidence in Dark Web Drug Cases: The Approach of the Finnish Supreme Court. teoksessa E. Schweighofer, W. Hötzendorfer, F. Kummer, & A. Saarenpää (Toimittajat), Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung / Responsible Digitalization: Tagungsband des 23. Internationalen Rechtsinformatik Symposions IRIS 2020 / Proceedings of the 23rd International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2020 (Sivut 475–483). Editions Weblaw. Editions Weblaw II, Colloquium Nro 28

Riekkinen, Juhana. / Evaluation of Evidence in Dark Web Drug Cases : The Approach of the Finnish Supreme Court. Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung / Responsible Digitalization: Tagungsband des 23. Internationalen Rechtsinformatik Symposions IRIS 2020 / Proceedings of the 23rd International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2020. Toimittaja / Erich Schweighofer ; Walter Hötzendorfer ; Franz Kummer ; Ahti Saarenpää. Bern : Editions Weblaw, 2020. Sivut 475–483 (Editions Weblaw II, Colloquium; Nro 28).

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Evaluation of Evidence in Dark Web Drug Cases : The Approach of the Finnish Supreme Court. / Riekkinen, Juhana.

Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung / Responsible Digitalization: Tagungsband des 23. Internationalen Rechtsinformatik Symposions IRIS 2020 / Proceedings of the 23rd International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2020. toim. / Erich Schweighofer; Walter Hötzendorfer; Franz Kummer; Ahti Saarenpää. Bern : Editions Weblaw, 2020. s. 475–483 (Editions Weblaw II, Colloquium; Nro 28).

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