her control. She also testified that she had been to Tijuana that morning, that she had not "fixed," and that "It is possible I would have, but I didn't." Scott testified that he had been sitting in the chair about 10 minutes; that the knives were on the vanity stool and not on the chair; that he did not know he was sitting on the items found in the funny book; that the officer did find the "outfit" in the funny book on which he was sitting; that he had gone to Tijuana, but he did not know who had purchased this heroin and marijuana; and that he did not own, had no control over, and had no right to do anything with any of the items infrom its sale on the darknet, it can also be used to facilitate more complex scams, from ransomware attacks to direct extortion.

Payment fraud

As well as logical and malware attacks targeting ATMs, card-not-present (CNP) payment fraud is escalating, and now accounts for 66% of total card fraud value. The purchase of goods, accommodation, car rentals and airline tickets have all seen an increase in CNP fraud throughout the EU. Moreover, new types of payment fraud involving contactless (NFC) cards have been identified.

Online child sexual abuse

Child abuse material shared on the net has escalated with the increased use of encrypted sharing platforms and anonymous payment systems. There has also been a marked increase in the live streaming of child abuse.

Abuse of the darknet

Despite a number of exit scams and market