LOL! Online Drug Sales Triple After Silk Road Closure

Online drug sales have tripled in the years after the Silk Road was shut down, showing how cracking down on the sale of illicit goods online can turn into a game of whack-a-mole for authorities.

The 2013 closure of the Silk Road, a marketplace where people could purchase drugs and other illegal goods, didn't seem to deter copycat sellers, according to a report from RAND.

Since then, an estimated 50 "cryptomarkets and vendor shops where vendors and buyers find each other anonymously to trade illegal drugs, new psychoactive substances, prescription drugs and other goods and services," have emerged to fill the void, according to the report.

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