Abstract

GARCIA, Luis Ignacio. Illicit Drug Trafficking on the Darkweb: Criptomarkets. URVIO [online]. 2017, n.21, pp.191-206. ISSN 1390-4299.  https://doi.org/10.17141/urvio.21.2017.2824.

In the context of the growing interest in and concern about drug trafficking carried out over the internet, this article aims to describe, in a systematic and succinct fashion, the principal characteristics of the illegal drug trade on the dark web. To this end, the article will be divided into two sections. The first, shorter section, will distinguish between the different “levels” of the internet. The second, longer section, will focus on describing the principal characteristics of these crypto-markets. As regards these sorts of dark web markets, this section will detail the security measures and mechanisms that they utilize to generate trust among buyers and sellers; their capabilities and limits; their impact on various levels of the illegal drug trade; the types and quantities of narcotics that are sold on them; the profile of the buyers and sellers who use them; and also the strategies designed by states to limit them. The achievement of said objectives presupposes that the most relevant and up-to-date work written about this subject will be used as reference material.

Keywords : criptomarkets; drug; dark web; drug trafficking.

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