In today's digital age, where almost everything is available at the click of a button, it should come as no surprise that even the illegal trade has found its own virtual space. A realm known as the darknet market has emerged, harboring a network of clandestine online marketplaces where all kinds of illegal goods and onion dark website services are being bought and sold with near-anonymity.
Darknet markets, accessible only through specialized software such as Tor, operate within the onion dark website web, a small portion of the internet that is not indexed by search engines. This anonymity has made darknet market markets a haven for criminal activities, darknet sites allowing users to engage in illicit trade without the fear of being easily traced or identified.
One of the most notorious darknet market markets was Silk Road, created in 2011 by Ross Ulbricht, who operated under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts.