Global Drug Survey 2015 shows more people buying online than ever before
by David Pegg from Technology | The Guardian on (#AMJ1)
More than one in 10 respondents say they bought drugs via conventional sites and 'darknet' sites last year despite closure of most famous Silk Road in 2013
More people started buying drugs online in 2014 than ever before, despite the closure of the Silk Road website the previous year, according to new research.
Silk Road, which was closed down by the FBI in October 2013, was the first major online drugs marketplace. Following the conviction of its creator, Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life imprisonment last month for his role in the site, the FBI claimed that more than 100,000 people had used Silk Road and described it as "the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet".
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