EU launches €300bn fund to challenge China’s influence
Global gateway infrastructure strategy aims to counter belt and road initiative impact in Asia, Africa and Europe
March 2021
Silk Road review – high-free account of the dark-web drugs emporium
Taking a fanboy stance on Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht doesn’t help Tiller Russell’s underpowered Silicon Valley crime drama
November 2020
US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site
Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years
April 2019
UK man jailed for being 'guiding mind' behind Silk Road drugs site
Thomas White sentenced over Silk Road 2.0 site and having indecent images of children
March 2019
Italy rattles US and EU with likely support for China's Belt and Road
Leaders set to endorse Italy’s role in ‘Silk Road’ trade network during Xi Jinping’s visit this week
March 2018
Manchester students jailed for selling £800k of drugs on dark web
Gang of five who compared themselves to Breaking Bad character funded luxury lifestyle
February 2016
Silk Road drug dealer jailed for five years and two months
Peter Ward, known online as PlutoPete, sentenced for possession, supply and importation of class A and B drugs
November 2015
Global Drug Survey 2016: take part
The Guardian is asking readers to share their experiences of legal and illegal drugs to ensure policy is not defined just by minority who need treatment
July 2015
'Dark web' drug dealer jailed for two years
Silk Road: undercover DEA agent turned bitcoin thief pleads guilty
June 2015
Datablog
Global Drug Survey 2015 shows more people buying online than ever before
Silk Road: Ross Ulbricht files appeal against convictions and sentencing
May 2015
Silk Road sentencing: why governments can't win the war on darknet drugs
Dread Pirate Roberts may have been sentenced to life, but experts and customers say the tide has turned and internet markets for illicit products are here to stay
Is Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road’s pirate king, a mobster or a martyr?
The man behind the dark web’s most notorious black market, is facing a lifetime in jail
Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison
Ross Ulbricht begs judge: 'Please leave light at end of tunnel' with sentencing
The Guardian documentary
The Silk Road: who was the real Dread Pirate Roberts? - video
March 2015
Undercover federal agents in Silk Road case accused of fraud
DEA agent Carl Force accused of extorting thousands’ worth of bitcoin from convicted money-launderer Ross Ulbricht, while second agent also charged
February 2015
After the Silk Road conviction, Tor must be protected
Craig A. Newman
While the anonymising software has been used for illegality, it provides a pathway to otherwise impossible communication all over the world, writes Craig A. Newman
