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.

• DirectorEmily James
• Release21 August 2017
• Genre
  Documentary / Crime
• Duration1h 30m
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  7.7
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• Productions

  BBC