The Dark Web | Black Market Trade | Cyber Crime | Crime | Alpha Bay

The Dark Web – There’s a dark side to the internet, and you probably don’t even know it exists. Look behind the positive veneer of social media, communication apps and platforms that have made our lives easier and more connected, and you’ll find criminals using the same apps and platforms to run illicit and dangerous activities. 0:00 Black Market Boom. Drugs, guns, counterfeit documents and much more are sold on the dark web marketplace that runs on anonymous browsers and uses cryptocurrency. AlphaBay was the biggest marketplace, transacting over US$800,000 in a day, enabling its founder to live a luxury lifestyle in anonymity until international law enforcement caught up with him. 45:16 The Candyman. It was one of 640 million closed groups on Facebook. Hiding behind anonymity, the creator of a child‑pornography group and its 7,000 members hid their activities on Facebook and WhatsApp – the dissemination of horrifying images of abuse. While they were eventually brought to justice, many more thrive.