The Silk Road
Previously, I mentioned illegal sales on the Dark Web. You may have heard about a site called the Silk Road, which literally sold anything and everything, even things you would never want to think about. Launched in February 2011, it was shut down by the FBI in October 2013, who arrested its operator, Ross Ulbricht, also known as the Dreaded Pirate Roberts. Ulbricht was convicted and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Silk Road was relaunched on November 2013, operated by former administrators of the original Silk Road. It was shut down a year later, in a project called Operation Onymous, which was a 6-month-long international law-enforcement operation, including the police forces of 17 countries. ...
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