RT Article
T1 Hidden wholesale: the drug diffusing capacity of online drug cryptomarkets
JF International journal of drug policy
VO 35
SP 7
OP 15
A1 Aldridge, Judith 1963-
A2 Décary-Hétu, David
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1671693884
AB In spite of globalizing processes ‘offline’ retail drug markets remain localized and – in recent decades – typically ‘closed’, in which dealers sell primarily to known customers. We characterize drug cryptomarkets as ‘anonymous open’ marketplaces that allow the diffusion of drugs across locales. Where cryptomarket customers make stock-sourcing purchases for offline distribution, the cryptomarket may indirectly serve drug users who are not themselves cryptomarket customers, thereby increasing the drug diffusing capacity of these marketplaces. Our research aimed to identify wholesale activity on the first major cryptomarket, Silk Road 1.
K1 Cryptomarkets
K1 Dark net drug markets
K1 Illegal drug markets
K1 Cyber crime
K1 Drug diffusion
K1 Drug monitoring systems
K1 Drug dealing
K1 Drug use
K1 Dark net
DO 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.020