![Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fHhvXTQ7uCyhB2OiDRtzXS0KqOA.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Mark Lewis |
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Director | Emily James & Mark Lewis |
Actor | Ross Ulbricht, Julia Vie, Nele Vandeginste |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | BBC |