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Jun 2024
1h 28m

Silk Road: Murder, Drugs & Crypto

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo
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In this RE-RELEASE episode, Tess takes us through the journey of Ross Ulbricht’s founding of Silk Road, the dark web known as “the Amazon for drugs.” Meant to be a place for buyers and sellers to conduct marijuana transactions using Bitcoin, it quickly escalated to offering hard core drugs, weapons, and before the FBI could find this man…murders. This is Silk Road. 

Created and produced by Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

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