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The Silk Road Pt. 2

2024/1/17
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Carter Roy: 本集为系列最终集,讲述Ross Ulbricht及其创建的Silk Road的兴衰。节目回顾了Silk Road的建立,以及Ulbricht最终被捕和定罪的过程。 叙述者: 本集详细讲述了Silk Road的运作方式,其创始人Ross Ulbricht(Dread Pirate Roberts)的犯罪行为,以及执法部门如何通过各种手段最终将其绳之以法。其中包括卧底探员的行动,对服务器的入侵,以及对Ulbricht数字足迹的追踪。节目还涉及到Ulbricht雇凶杀人的指控,以及相关人员的审判结果。 叙述者: Silk Road是一个匿名在线黑市,允许用户进行各种非法交易,包括毒品、武器和假证件。Ross Ulbricht作为网站的创建者,通过比特币获利数百万美元。然而,Silk Road也面临着黑客攻击和内部人员背叛的威胁。Ulbricht为了保护自己的利益,多次雇凶杀人,最终导致自己被捕。 执法部门,包括DEA、FBI和IRS,联合起来调查Silk Road。他们使用了多种手段,包括卧底调查、网络追踪和金融调查,最终锁定了Ulbricht的身份。在证据确凿的情况下,Ulbricht被捕并被判处终身监禁。 本案也暴露了一些执法人员的腐败行为,例如DEA探员Carl Force利用职务之便进行敲诈勒索。

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By 2012, undercover DEA agents had cracked holes in an underground criminal conspiracy. It was the “Amazon.com of Drugs” – the Silk Road. But to take down its shadowy founder, they’d have to team up with a surprising number of federal agencies – and go to criminal lengths themselves.

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