Crypto Investigator Module 4: The Dark Web

The dark web is a side of the internet most people don’t know exists. Criminals have found the dark web useful, creating and interacting with marketplaces they believe to be undetectable. These marketplaces typically function as a conduit for illicit activity, such as illegal drug trade, weapons trafficking, human trafficking, and others. As criminals become adept at utilizing technology, it's important for investigators, auditors and compliance professionals to understand more about dark web activity. Illicit activity on the dark web is hard to track down and connect to a suspect. In this course, you'll be introduced to how dark web marketplaces and cryptocurrencies work together and how they translate into the physical world. This is crucial to investigators in order to identify evidence and understand how to investigate illicit dark web activity that often utilizes cryptocurrency.