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

"Drugs on the Dark Net explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Following the closure of the infamous online drugs bazaar Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets may now be found thriving amongst the hidden corners of the internet. Defying the world's most...

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Main Author: Martin, James (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Cover
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 6960
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Keywords:
Black Market
Computer crimes
Drogenhandel > Electronic Commerce
Drug traffic
Electronic Commerce > Moral and ethical aspects
Related Items:Online-Ausg. u.d.T.: 1654714526
Erscheint auch als: 799617180
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Summary:"Drugs on the Dark Net explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Following the closure of the infamous online drugs bazaar Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets may now be found thriving amongst the hidden corners of the internet. Defying the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies, these encrypted websites facilitate distribution networks that reach around the globe, and are capable of delivering any type of illicit drug directly to your front door.This original criminological research offers an in-depth and non-technical account of the online illicit drugs trade. Cryptomarkets are revealed to be sophisticated hubs of commercial innovation, as well as resilient online communities of black marketeers, drug consumers and political activists. Analysis of online distribution networks indicates that they are highly efficient, extraordinarily difficult to police and, intriguingly, have the potential to reduce much of the systemic violence associated with the illicit drugs trade.Examining the future of the illicit drugs trade and the new digital front in the 'war on drugs', this study provides a timely and insightful contribution to our understanding of illicit drugs, technology and cybercrime"--
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Physical Description:VII, 92 S.
ISBN:9781349485666
9781137399045