The Internet and drug markets

The Internet and drug markets / Jane Mounteney, Alessandra Bo, Alberto Oteo. - Lisbon : European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), 2016

• ISBN: 978-92-9168-841-8
• DOI: 10.2810/324608

Abstract:

The last decade has seen the emergence of new internet technologies that have acted as important facilitators of online drug markets. The internet now hosts a range of virtual marketplaces (both on the surface and deep web) for selling and buying illicit substances, as well as representing a new arena for health and law enforcement interventions. This first EMCDDA investigation into the world of online drug markets brings together state-of-the-art input from over 20 experts - from academia, journalism and frontline practice - and contributes to the knowledge base on this part of the supply chain.

Content:

• CHAPTER 1: The internet and drug markets: shining a light on these complex and dynamic systems
  * Jane Mounteney, Alberto Oteo and Paul Griffiths
  • SECTION I: Dark net cryptomarkets
• CHAPTER 2: Cryptomarkets and the future of illicit drug markets
  * Judith Aldridge and David Décary-Hétu
• CHAPTER 3: Tor and links with cryptomarkets
  * Andrew Lewman
• CHAPTER 4: Staying in the shadows: the use of bitcoin and encryption in cryptomarkets
  * Joseph Cox
• CHAPTER 5: Reputation is everything: the role of ratings, feedback and reviews in cryptomarkets
  * Joseph Cox
  • SECTION II: Dark net markets — key actor perspectives
• CHAPTER 6: Silk Road: insights from interviews with users and vendors
  * Eileen Ormsby
• CHAPTER 7: The emergence of deep web marketplaces: a health perspective
  * Fernando Caudevilla
• CHAPTER 8: The drug trade on the deep web: a law enforcement perspective
  * Joost van Slobbe
• CHAPTER 9: How the use of the internet is affecting drug trafficking practices
  * Anita Lavorgna
  • SECTION III: Surface web markets and social media
• CHAPTER 10: A method for exploring the number of online shops selling new psychoactive substances: initial I-TREND project results
  * Magali Martinez, Daniela Kmetonyová and Vendula Běláčková
• CHAPTER 11: Online supply of medicines to illicit drug markets: situation and responses
  * Lynda Scammell and Alessandra Bo
• CHAPTER 12: Social media and drug markets
  * Danica Thanki and Brian Frederick
  • SECTION IV: Insights and implications
• CHAPTER 13: What is the future for internet drug markets?
  * Jane Mounteney, Paul Griffiths and Liesbeth Vandam