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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-08-21
77%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United Kingdom
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Movie: Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ross Ulbricht
Julia Vie
Liam Hawley
Ross Ulbricht
Chuck Schumer
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive footage)
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Overview
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.
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2017-08-21
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