Why Sell Drugs Online?

from Cybercrimeology · host Rasmus Munksgaard

Find out more about the guest:http://rasmusmunksgaard.net/Darknet and Anonymous Research Centerhttps://www.thedarc.org/en/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Papers Mentioned in this Show:Cryptomarkets: A Research Companion (2019) James Martin, Jack Cunliffe and Rasmus Munksgaard, Emerald Group Publishing, ISBN 1838670300, 9781838670306Martin, J., Munksgaard, R., Coomber, R., Demant, J., & Barratt, M. J. (2019). Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets: Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards. The British Journal of Criminology.https://www.gwern.net/docs/sr/2019-martin.pdf~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Other notes:Commando was apparently upset because his daughter was kidnapped by a friend. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088944/Rambo was struggling with PTSD in First blood, in the rest of the movies he seems to be trying to end war by shooting it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(franchise)Demolition man appears to be making a case for police brutality, still a great film though. Stalone is upset because he can't operate three shells and Snipes is upset because he was paying tax. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/John Wick was upset because he had retired and had recently formed a close bond with a car and a dog. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/Nice Burn at 34:20 Rasmus!, action movies were popular culture once upon a time :p.In Breaking Bad, Walter White started selling meth for the money, not sure that was the only reason by the end of the show. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/The introduction for this episode was extracted from Gangbusters, a radio show from the 1950s. It was supposedly a series of dramatized real FBI cases. Produced and directed by Phillips H. Lord together with Bureau director J. Edgar Hoover. Crime Awareness way back when. You can find it and other public domain resources at archive.org, https://archive.org/details/Gangbusters-Otr.

What this episode covers

This episode we talk with Rasmus Munksgaard from the University of Montreal about why people sell drugs on Cryptomarkets. Rasmus has recently co-authored a book and paper on the subject and has some interesting insights into the rather unexpectedly civil world of darknet drug dealers.