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3D printing got not only popular among civil and industrial-level ''tinkerers'', also criminal organizations try to make use of it. And the Syndicate became a prime example of that. Weapon parts get printed, assembled and sold on demand. Thugs and other criminal customers receive the ''goods'' via drone. The Syndicate uses various base materials that aren't on police's watch list. The illegal blueprints are shared over the encryption-protected TITAN darknet. | 3D printing got not only popular among civil and industrial-level ''tinkerers'', also criminal organizations try to make use of it. And the Syndicate became a prime example of that. Weapon parts get printed, assembled and sold on demand. Thugs and other criminal customers receive the ''goods'' via drone. The Syndicate uses various base materials that aren't on police's watch list. The illegal blueprints are shared over the encryption-protected TITAN darknet. | ||
The Syndicate tries to perfect its own printing technologies to become as much independent as possible. For instance, 2049, they upgraded their African HQ by use of mobile [ | The Syndicate tries to perfect its own printing technologies to become as much independent as possible. For instance, 2049, they upgraded their African HQ by use of mobile [https://phys.org/news/2015-10-tu-eindhoven-kingsize-3d-concrete.html concrete printers.] | ||