Internet Safety News
Illegal-Drugs Site Closed
by Anne Collier
Swiss authorities have shut down a web site that gave the prices of illegal drugs sold by dealers in Lausanne, Switzerland. According to Yahoo® News, the site also gave information on quality of and access to different types of substances."1 An investigator in Lausanne opened an investigation for possible breaches of Swiss anti-drug laws after ordering the closure.
1"Swiss Shut Down Illicit Drugs Internet Site." Yahoo News. February 22, 2002, http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020222/1/2j23r.html.
Anne Collier is editor of the SafeKids/NetFamilyNewsletter and president of NetFamilyNews.org a nonprofit news service for parents and teachers of online kids.
