Aim of this research is to analyse the area of crypto markets, where individuals can implement criminal acts with relative anonymity. While information communication technology is booming, I want to know whether crypto markets have the potential to transform the conventional, inter-personal criminal networks into relatively anonymous internet networks of organised criminals. In theoretical frame, I dissected basic terms that are important for understanding the phenomenon of crypto markets. Form my analysis I choose Alphabay market, because it had operated on the greatest scale. I studied the structure, operation and actors, that are necessary for undisturbed operation of crypto market. I have also analysed types and volumes of illegal goods, sold on the market and defined countries that have the most vendors. Finally, I analysed market shares of crypto markets in general and by types of illegal goods and compared them to the market shares of conventional, inter personal illegal trade (mostly illegal drugs). Based on that I tried to find out if crypto markets have the potential to form large scale illegal trade operations that are comparable to traditional intrpersonal illegal goods trade networks, or if crypto markets are only niche small scale criminal enterprises.
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