UK is biggest online drug dealing country in Europe

While UK is second only to US in number of vendors who deal online, they average almost double the monthly transactions

The UK is home to more online drug dealers than any country in Europe, according to a new report that estimates the value of the monthly trade in drugs through darknet markets to be as much as 16m a month globally.

British dealers generate more than 16% of the monthly global revenues - about 1.8m - across the eight largest marketplaces, taking home an average of 5,200 each, according to research commissioned by the Dutch government.