Wired Weapons: Online Arms Trafficking in Russia and Ukraine
'‘It’s not a piece of lumber, it’s not painted, it’s not restored, it’s not airsoft — it’s the natural product.’
‘Can I get it in St. Petersburg?’
‘That’s impossible’
Beyond the Dark Web: Arms Trafficking in the Digital Age
'In October 2013, the US Justice Department announced the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, the founder and operator of ‘Silk Road,’ a massive online marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods. Authorities called it ‘the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet’ and estimated that it had facilitated the transfer of more than a billion dollars in drugs and other contraband over a two-year period (US FBI, 2013).