Statement from Reykjavik Metropolitan Police regarding Silk Road

Runa Sandvik

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Oct 14, 2013 ¡¤ 2 min read

On October 9, 2013, two Icelandic websites published articles saying law enforcement in Iceland assisted the FBI in investigating Silk Road in May 2013.Below is the statement I just received from the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police regarding Silk Road :

Original Icelandic version of the statement:

L?greglan ¨¢ h?fuborgarsv??inu hefur fr¨¢ ?v¨ª um mi?jan ma¨ª sl. a?sto?a? bandar¨ªsk yfirv?ld vi? ranns¨®kn ¨¢ starfsemi vefs¨ª?unnar Silkroad sem h?sti marka?ssv??i me? ¨®l?gleg f¨ªkniefni og a?ra ¨®l?gm?ta starfssemi. A?sto?in var veitt ¨¢ grundvelli r¨¦ttarbei?ni og f¨®lst ¨ª ?flun rafr?nna gagna um vefs¨ª?una sem h?st var h¨¦r ¨¢ landi. Lauk ?essari ranns¨®knara?sto? me? a?ger?um h¨¦r ¨¢ landi ¨ª s¨ª?ustu viku ?ar sem Silkroad vefs¨ª?an var tekin ni?ur og haldlag?ur rafr?nn gjaldmi?ill, Bitcoin, a? jafnvir?i yfir 3 millj¨®nir bandar¨ªkjadala. Ekki eru ?nnur tengsl vi? ?sland en ?au a? vefs¨ª?an var h?st h¨¦r ¨¢ landi, engar handt?kur voru framkv?mdar vegna ?essa h¨¦r ¨¢ landi og engir innlendir a?ilar tengjast a? ??ru leyti rekstri hennar. Ranns¨®kn m¨¢lsins er ¨¢ forr??i FBI og er ?llum fyrirspurnum v¨ªsa? ?anga?. Frekari uppl?singar um m¨¢li? ver?a ekki veittar af l?greglunni ¨¢ h?fu?borgarsv??inu.

A Google translated version:

Police Seas city area since the mid-May. assisted U.S. authorities in the investigation of the activities of the website Silk Road which housed the market with illegal drugs and other illegal activities. The aid was granted on the basis of the proceedings and involved the collection of electronic data resource that was hosted in the country. Completed this study support the actions of this country in the last week where Silk Road website was taken down and laid seize electronic currency, Bitcoin, the equivalent of over 3 million. There is no other relationship with Iceland which the website was hosted in the country, no arrests were made because of this in this country and no residents otherwise connected with its operation. Investigation of the case is controlled by the FBI and all inquiries referred to. Further details of the case will not be granted by the police in the capital.

The email came from the Detective Chief Superintendent with the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police. I replied to the email saying the statement seems to suggest that the Silk Road website itself was hosted in Iceland, and asked if he could confirm this. His reply simply said ¡°Yes, that¡¯s correct¡±.