Silk Road: The ‘eBay’ for Narcotics

Online trading has given birth to a new platform for illegal drug sales. At a press conference Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer called on federal authorities to shut down the online drug network called the Silk Road.
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Silk Road: The ‘eBay’ for Narcotics
DRUGS FOR SALE: Sen. Charles Schumer points at a snapshot of Silk Road. Postings of illegal drugs for sale fill up the page. (Lixin Yang/The Epoch Times)
6/5/2011
Updated:
10/1/2015

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DRUGS FOR SALE: Sen. Charles Schumer points at a snapshot of Silk Road. Postings of illegal drugs for sale fill up the page. (Lixin Yang/The Epoch Times)