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Although the arms trade is small in volume compared to other products trafficked online, its potential impact on international security is significant.

The proliferation and illicit international movement of firearms and explosives worldwide involves a complex mix of interrelated issues.

Despite efforts to regulate firearms, there are multiple avenues for entrepreneurial criminals to bypass controls and traffic weapons across international borders.

This issue has emerged as particularly relevant for EU security, despite the stringent firearms control measures.

One possible avenue is via the ‘dark web’, which hosts many different online black markets that facilitate the sale of firearms, weapons, explosives and banned digital materials.

The role of the dark web has grown in prominence in recent years following its link to the 2016 Munuich shootting where a lone-wolf terrorist used a weapon purchased on the dark web.

These terror attacks cemented widespread public concern that the dark web is an enabler and facilitator for terrorists and organized criminals seeking firearms.

However, despite these concerns, very little is known about the size and scope of the weapons trade on the dark web.

The project

RAND Europe and the University of Manchester in the UK partnered to conduct a study commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council through the Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research.

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The study,Behind the curtain. The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web , aimed to explore the worldwide illegal arms trade, with a focus on the role played by the dark web in fuelling and/or facilitating such trade.

Overall, the project had seven objectives:

1. To understand the methods of buying and selling firearms and related products on the dark web.

2. To consider the viability of dark web markets for the selling of firearms, and more specifically, the extent to which these sellers may engage in scamming by taking payment for products they do not deliver, or may not possess.

3. To estimate the size and scope of the trade in firearms and related products on cryptomarkets, including the number of dark web markets listing firearms and related products and services for sale, and the range and type of firearms and related products advertised and sold on cryptomarkets

4. To estimate the value of the trade in firearms and related products on cryptomarkets.

5. To identify shipping routes and the most common shipping techniques for firearms and related products sold on cryptomarkets.

6. To identify the potential impact of dark web enabled arms trafficking on the overall arms black market.

7. To identify the potential implications of dark web enabled arms trafficking for law enforcement agencies and policy makers, at both national and international levels.

Mixed methods

To achieve these objectives, the project team employed a mixed-methods approach which included:

A review of relevant literature including peer-reviewed academic literature, grey literature sources from official, government, and other relevant organisations, and web-sourced contributions from respected commentators and independent researchers within the dark web community.

A review of dark web community resources on the ‘clear web’, including websites used to identify marketplaces and provide information and commentary on recent developments related to cryptomarkets.

A review of dark web community discussion forums to shed light on the question of scamming by firearms vendors.

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A preliminary investigation of cryptomarkets to identify those selling firearms.

Crawling, scraping and analysing data on cryptomarkets data, in the form of ‘digital traces’ left in connection to marketplace transactions.

Consultations with policy and law enforcement experts through an expert workshop and individual interviews.

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