The Dark Web as a Platform for Crime: An Exploration of Illicit Drug, Firearm, CSAM, and Cybercrime Markets
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78440-3_17
Abstract
Widespread adoption of the Internet and mobile technologies has allowed for easy access to a variety of global services. Despite the many legitimate goods and services provided by online retailers, criminal illicit markets have also proliferated online. Illicit online markets capitalize on the anonymity and global nature of the Internet, creating challenges and difficulties for law enforcement investigations. This chapter provides an overview of the Dark Web and the current literature on illicit online markets operating on the Dark Web related to drugs, firearms, cybercrime services, and child sexual exploitation. This overview focuses on the online Dark Web marketplace, although several of these products are also bought, sold, and traded on sites that are publicly accessible. Special attention is dedicated to an overview of market forces and its processes.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Dark Web as a Platform for Crime: An Exploration of Illicit Drug, Firearm, CSAM, and Cybercrime Markets, in T. J. Holt & A. M. Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance, p. 91-116
Scholar Commons Citation
Liggett, Roberta; Lee, Jin R.; and Wallin, Mikaela A., "The Dark Web as a Platform for Crime: An Exploration of Illicit Drug, Firearm, CSAM, and Cybercrime Markets" (2020). Criminology Faculty Publications. 65.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub/65
