全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Behind the curtain: The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web

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来源类型	Research Reports
规范类型	报告
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7249/RR2091
来源ID	RR-2091-PACCS
	Behind the curtain: The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web
	Giacomo Persi Paoli; Judith Aldridge; Nathan Ryan; Richard Warnes
发表日期	2017
出版年	2017
页码	148
语种	英语
结论	The dark web is an enabler for the circulation of illegal weapons already on the black market, as well as a potential source of diversion for legally owned weapons. The dark web is increasing the availability of better performing, more recent firearms for the same, or lower, price, than what would be available on the street on the black market. The US appears to be the most common source country for arms that are for sale on the dark web. Almost 60 per cent of the firearms listings are associated with products that originate from the US. However, Europe represents the largest market for arms trade on the dark web, generating revenues that are around five times higher than the US. Firearms listings (42 per cent) were the most common listings on the dark web, followed by arms-related digital products (27 per cent) and others, including ammunition (22 per cent). The dark web has the potential to become the platform of choice for individuals (e.g. lone-wolves terrorists) or small groups (e.g. gangs) to obtain weapons and ammunition behind the anonymity curtain provided by the dark web. In addition, the dark web could be used by vulnerable and fixated individuals to purchase firearms. The illegal arms trade presents further challenges for law enforcement agencies and national governments. These challenges largely derive from the anonymity of individuals that use the dark web to purchase arms.
摘要	Policy makers and law enforcement agencies will be required to adapt intervention strategies, ensure that proper regulatory frameworks are in place, ensure that adequate resources are made available and ensure that specialist skills are developed. Traditional policing and investigative techniques will remain vital. These include traditional firearms control measures designed to tackle illicit trafficking, such as efficient marking and record keeping, international cooperation for tracing, and good stockpile management. Existing international instruments for combating arms trafficking should not be considered obsolete. The emergence of a new threat does not necessarily require the creation of new instruments.
主题	Crime ; Cybercrime ; Firearms ; The Internet ; Markets ; Terrorism
URL	https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2091.html
来源智库	RAND Corporation (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/108682
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Giacomo Persi Paoli,Judith Aldridge,Nathan Ryan,et al. Behind the curtain: The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web. 2017.

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