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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Drugs on the dark net/ James Martin.
Reminder of title:	how cryptomarkets are transforming the global trade in illicit drugs /
Author:	Martin, James.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Pivot : : 2014.,
Description:	96 p. :3 figures. :
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	Crime. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137399058 (electronic bk.) :

Drugs on the dark net = how cryptomarkets are transforming the global trade in illicit drugs /
Martin, James.

Drugs on the dark nethow cryptomarkets are transforming the global trade in illicit drugs /[electronic resource] :James Martin. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Pivot :2014. - 96 p. :3 figures.

Electronic book text.

Introduction 1. Conceptualising Cryptomarkets 2. Cryptomarket Operations 3. Conventional vs. Online Drug Distribution Networks 4. Cryptomarkets and Law Enforcement Conclusion and Future Directions.

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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'.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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James Martin is Director of Research at the Department of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at Macquarie University, Australia. He has a long-standing interest in both conventional and online forms of drug distribution, black markets and non-state governance, and the 'war on drugs'.

ISBN: 1137399058 (electronic bk.) :£30.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

802050
Crime.

LC Class. No.: HV5801 / .M32546 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 363.45

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