Treasure Hunting in Moscow:An examination of the Russian Cryptomarket Trade - Patrick Shortis
Location:
Virtual Event
Date/time
Wed 23 February 2022
13:00-14:30
The University of Edinburgh Criminology Reading Group Seminar Series 2021/2022 presents:
Treasure Hunting in Moscow: An examination of the Russian Cryptomarket Trade
Patrick Shortis, PhD Candidate, President's Doctoral Scholar, University of Manchester
For over a decade criminals have been using sophisticated technology to run online marketplaces that sell drugs, data, weapons and other illegal goods over the "dark web". The largest and most profitable of these is Hydra, a Russian-language cryptomarket catering to customers in Russia and other countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States. This talk will examine Hydra and the Russian-language darknet and consider the many differences between it and western cryptomarkets. In doing so it will show that cryptomarkets are not developing homogenously, but rather according to the culture, politics and threats posed by the nations which they cater to.
Patrick Shortis is a PhD candidate and President's Doctoral Scholar at the University of Manchester. He has a background in criminology and security studies and his research focuses on cryptomarkets or "darknet markets" and how they build resilience to police interventions.
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