According to the RCMP's national headquarters and municipal police forces in cities such as Calgary, there are growing indications that the drug trade is increasingly moving to the dark web. 'There's no dealer in Calgary that can match the huge selection that's available on the dark net,' he says. The country was at one point home to among the highest number of dealers globally in one dark web market, called AlphaBay, which was ultimately shuttered by police. • Dark web's largest illegal marketplace, founded by Canadian, shut down by U.S.• Police ran 2nd dark web marketplace as sting to spot drug dealsBeginning with Silk Road, the first large-scale dark web drug market, in 2011, traffickers and users have been flocking to these sites in part because they offer a degree of anonymity not available on the street. In Calgary, police say it's difficult to pinpoint how many drug users are flocking to the dark net — and how much they're buying — because the markets change constantly.

Source: CBC News March 19, 2018 09:00 UTC