The Economics of Prohibition Doom Plans To Reduce Drug Use by Busting Online Dealers
A study suggests that "selectively targeting large-scale drug vendors" on the dark web can succeed where all previous enforcement efforts have failed.
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'Drop Gangs' the Latest Evolution in Darknet's Avoidance of Law Enforcement
Online black markets shift faster than police can respond
Meet Bari Weiss, the Conservative New York Times Columnist Who Is Pro-Choice: Podcast
She's pro-Israel, #NeverTrumper who has chronicled (and criticized) the "intellectual Dark Web." Prefabricated ideological boxes need not apply.
Alleged Silk Road Mentor Indicted, Extradited to United States
Roger Clark, under pseudonym "Variety Jones" and others, faces charges related to narcotics trafficking, hacking, and money laundering, but not murder-for-hire.
Stossel: Silk Road Founder Jailed, Drug Sales Up
People applauded when government shut down the drug website Silk Road. But online drug sales increased.
Silk Road's Founder Is in Jail for Life, but the Dark Web Only Grows
Making popular things illegal rarely diminishes their use.
If You Bought Drugs on the Silk Road Using Bitcoin, the Feds Might Know Who You Are
If buying drugs online feels easy, you're probably doing it wrong.
Senate Could Make It Easy for FBI to Spy on Teen Sexters, Black Lives Matter, and Other U.S. 'Criminals'
FISA reauthorization would majorly expand use of warrantless digital surveillance data against Americans.
Five Lessons from the Hansa and AlphaBay Busts
Dark net market users can learn from the most successful cyber crime operation in the history of the internet.
DOJ Claims Responsibility for Shutting Down Cryptomarkets AlphaBay and Hansa
"This ranks as one of the most successful coordinated takedowns against cybercrime in recent years," says Europol's Rob Wainwright.
Selling the Silk Road Soap Opera
A new book on dark net entrepreneur Ross Ulbricht misses the point.
Did Police Just Take Down the Biggest Dark Web Drug Market in History?
Alphabay has been down for more than a week. A series of raids and arrests suggests it's not an exit scam.
Is Nick Bilton's Book on Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road a 'Media Lynching'?
A review of American Kingpin and an interview with the author.
Will OpenBazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?
A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.
The FBI May Have Run Not Just One But 24 Dark Web Child-Porn Websites
The sites are thought to have accounted for roughly half of all child porn websites on the dark web.
