Russian Anonymous Marketplace

Russian Anonymous Marketplace
Type of site
 Forum based darknet market
Available in Russian
Launched 2012
Current status Online

The Russian Anonymous Marketplace or RAMP is a Russian language forum with users selling a variety of drugs on the Dark Web.

With over 14,000 members, the site uses Tor and uses some escrow features like Silk Road-like darknet markets, but otherwise many deals take place off-site using off-the-record messaging.[1] It is the longest lived darknet market, running from September 2012 to present, inspired by the success of the Silk Road.[2]

The administrator who goes by the handle 'Darkside', claims the site makes around $250,000 a year and avoids law enforcement attention due to its predominant Russian user base[2] and its ban on the sale of goods and services such as child pornography or hacking.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Greenberg, Andy (14 November 2014). "How a Russian Dark Web Drug Market Outlived the Silk Road (And Silk Road 2)". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Greenberg, Andy (4 December 2014). "An Interview With Darkside, Russia's Favorite Dark Web Drug Lord". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. ↑ IHS Jane's Intelligence Review (30 December 2014). "Law enforcement struggles to control darknet". Retrieved 6 July 2015.


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