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Shedding Light on Monopoly: Temporal Analysis of Drug Trades

DOLEJŠKA Daniel, VESELÝ Vladimír, PLUSKAL Jan and KOUTENSKÝ Michal. Shedding Light on Monopoly: Temporal Analysis of Drug Trades. In: 13th EAI International Conference, ICDF2C 2022, Boston, MA, November 16-18, 2022, Proceedings. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Boston, MA: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022, pp. 151-168. ISBN 978-3-031-36573-7. ISSN 1867-8211. Available from: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-36574-4_9
Czech title
Osvětlení Monopoly: Časová analýza obchodů s drogami
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Dolejška Daniel, Ing. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Veselý Vladimír, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Pluskal Jan, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Koutenský Michal, Ing. (DIFS FIT BUT)
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Keywords

dark market, drug trade, illegal trade, purchase detection, temporal data set, market analytics, web scraping, dataset, crypto, cryptocurrency, dark marketplace, cryptomarket

Abstract

Dark marketplaces pioneered a new way to monetise illicit goods. A unique combination of technologies (such as overlay networks, end-to-end encryption, and cryptocurrencies) guarantees anonymity for dark marketplace users (including operators, vendors, and buyers).

We have developed a tool for monitoring and investigating dark marketplaces (namely, collecting and processing evidence directly from their websites), which we used for real-time detection of various illicit activities.

This paper presents a well-described and structured dataset that contains high-frequency web-scraped information from Monopoly Market (one of the most popular dark marketplaces in 2021). The evaluation demonstrates how high-resolution temporal analysis can reveal mission-critical information about the frequency of trades, vendor activities, and the drug market.

Published
2022
Pages
151-168
Journal
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, no. 508, ISSN 1867-8211
Proceedings
13th EAI International Conference, ICDF2C 2022, Boston, MA, November 16-18, 2022, Proceedings
Series
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Conference
EAI 13th International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime, Boston, US
ISBN
978-3-031-36573-7
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Place
Boston, MA, US
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-36574-4_9
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB12792,
   author = "Daniel Dolej\v{s}ka and Vladim\'{i}r Vesel\'{y} and Jan Pluskal and Michal Koutensk\'{y}",
   title = "Shedding Light on Monopoly: Temporal Analysis of Drug Trades",
   pages = "151--168",
   booktitle = "13th EAI International Conference, ICDF2C 2022, Boston, MA, November 16-18, 2022, Proceedings",
   series = "Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering",
   journal = "Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering",
   number = 508,
   year = 2022,
   location = "Boston, MA, US",
   publisher = "Springer Nature Switzerland AG",
   ISBN = "978-3-031-36573-7",
   ISSN = "1867-8211",
   doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-36574-4\_9",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/12792"
}
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