<ul><li>An 8-year-old boy in the Netherlands managed to purchase an AK-47 and ammunition through the dark web, shocking his mother, Barbara Gemen, who is a human resources expert.</li><li>The gun was delivered to their doorstep after being routed through Poland and Bulgaria to avoid customs checks, all facilitated by the dark web.</li><li>The boy's involvement in cybercrime started innocently with online gaming but escalated as he joined a group of cyber-criminals, engaging in activities like money laundering and eventually buying the gun.</li></ul>

8-yr-old buys AK-47 from the dark web using money he made working as a hacker

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