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What are 'mule addresses'? Criminologists explain how vacant properties serve as depots for illegal online purchases

  • Written by David Maimon, Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
imageNobody's home, just as the sender intended.AndreyPopov/ iStock via Getty Images Plus

Online shopping isn’t just a convenient way to buy batteries, diapers, computers and other stuff without going to a brick-and-mortar store.

Many Americans also use the internet to quietly acquire illegal, fake and stolen items. Guns, prescription drugs no...

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