Drugs on the dark net: how cryptomarkets are transforming the global trade in illicit drugs

James Martin

doi:10.1057/9781137399052

Drugs on the dark net

how cryptomarkets are transforming the global trade in illicit drugs

James Martin^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Security Studies and Criminology

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Abstract

This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	92
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137399052
ISBN (Print)	9781137399045, 9781349485666
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137399052
Publication status	Published - 2014

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