The FBI shut down the online drug marketplace Silk Road on Wednesday morning, just a few hours after agents arrested the site’s alleged administrator, Ross Ulbricht.
Until then, Silk Road had relatively quietly become what the FBI itself refers to as “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet.” In less than three years, since January 2011, Silk Road had become something like an eBay — except it trafficked in drugs and other illegal goods.
But just how big was Silk Road? The following numbers, excerpted from the criminal complaint against the Ulbricht in New York (.PDF), and the indictment in Maryland (.PDF), give an idea of how large the site had become, and how much money was flowing through it. Read more…
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