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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web 2017 Directed by Emily James , Mark Lewis

Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk Road became a million-dollar digital drugs cartel.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Documentary
Production Company BBC
Release Date 21 August 2017
90 mins
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Austin Berglas Head of Cyber Branch, FBI New York
Liam Hawley Ross Ulbricht
Steve Briscoe Austin Berglas
Chuck Schumer Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage)
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