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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Brazilians used Orkut as drug distribution network

"Brazilian police arrested 10 people on Thursday accused of selling drugs using Google's international social networking site Orkut, which is hugely popular in the Latin American country," reports Reuters from Brazil.

"Several million Brazilians have become devotees of Orkut (http://www.orkut.com) since Web search leader Google Inc. launched the popular social-networking site in January 2004. They make up more than half of Orkut's 7 million plus members."

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