Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

2017 · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Documentary, Crime

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.

Directed by Emily James · Written by Mark Lewis

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