Ulbricht, under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts” (DPR), launched Silk Road in 2011. The site allowed users to buy and sell mostly illegal drugs, though it banned certain content such as weapons, stolen goods, and services involving physical harm.Ulbricht positioned Silk Road as a “free market experiment,” but it rapidly became a massive hub for narcotics trafficking. The anonymity offered by Tor and crypto made it unprecedented in scale. #darkweb #crime #usa #news
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