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Samantha Lock and Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Dark web marketplaces and encrypted communications allow the sale of criminal services to flourish. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Criminals are getting away with higher levels of online-led crime than ever before, as Australian police struggle to keep pace with a web so complex that even some perpetrators don't know they are involved.

Organised crime networks now outsource their tasks to people online, decentralising criminal capabilities and making attribution and disruption more difficult.

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