The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs
People and Nature May 3, 2023 Oliver Stringham, Jacob Maher, Charlotte Lassaline et al. 15 citations
Abstract Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monitor and continues to lack thorough investigation. Here, we accessed a comprehensive database of dark web marketplaces to search across c . 2 million dark web advertisements over 5 years using c . 7 k wildlife trade‐related search terms. We...