The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

The Silk Road site was set up by Ulbricht in 2011 on the dark web, a part of the internet that's inaccessible to traditional search engines. It did not accept cash or credit cards; users had to ...

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A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...

In 2011, Ulbricht—who used the moniker “Dread Pirate Roberts”—founded Silk Road, an anonymous e-commerce site on the Tor network that allowed users to conceal their computer’s IP address ...

The founder of Silk Road, a site on the dark web for selling drugs and other contraband items, has called President Donald Trump “a man of his word” after he was pardoned this week.. Trump ...

Uzbekistan’s cultural gems are becoming more accessible with new trains. Here, how to see the Silk Road by rail.