Illicit Markets on Encrypted Platforms: Introduction
Scott Jacques, Valeriia Lymishchenko, Joshua Gerstenfeld, Chinweolu Okafor, David Maimon · CrimRxiv · 2025
Welcome to the "preprint edition" 1 of our anthology, Illicit Markets on Encrypted Platforms (IMEP).It's a compilation of important articles on the topic.Why, how, and to what effect do people use technology like Tor and Telegram to engage in criminal acts related to selling and buying items?There's digital shops for recreational drugs, prescription ones, gift-cards, counterfeit merchandise, firearms and more.