Drug Trafficking on the Dark Web | True Crime Reports

Ross Ulbricht built an empire successful the shadows—a sprawling integer bazaar called The Silk Road, hidden connected the acheronian web. There, drugs, weapons, and stolen secrets flowed freely, each paid for successful untraceable cryptocurrency. To his planetary clientele, helium was a legend: the Dread Pirate Roberts.

But aft a melodramatic apprehension and a staggering treble beingness sentence, Ulbricht’s destiny took different twist. Just days into his 2nd term, President Trump pardoned him, sparking outrage and debate. So, did helium merit his punishment? Did justness prevail—or was powerfulness astatine play? And however did a integer outlaw go the eventual chaotic paper successful America’s justness system?

In this episode:
– Nicholas Cristin, Online Crime Professor astatine Carnegie Mellon University
– David Yaffe-Bellany, Technology Reporter for the New York Times