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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 21, 2017

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary, Crime

User Score

77%

Original Title

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Emily James

Description

Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk Road became a million-dollar digital drugs cartel.