Illegal arms trade listings on the darknet 2016, by category

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Ani Petrosyan,
Aug 25, 2023
This statistic presents the number of arms-related listings on selected cryptomarkets as of September 2016, sorted by category. During the assessment period, there were 339 firearms listings on the examined platforms. Digital products accounted for 27 percent of arms-related listings.

Number of arms-related listings on selected cryptomarkets as of September 2016, by category

CharacteristicNumber of listingsPercentage
Firearms 339 42
Digital products 222 27
Other weapons 178 22
Explosives 6 1
Ammunition - sold alone 54 7
Ammunition - sold in combination 98 12
Accessories - sold alone 8 1
Accessories - sold in combination 66 8
Parts and components - sold alone 4 1
Parts and components - sold in combination 8 1
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Release date

July 2017

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September 19, 2016

Number of respondents

811 arms-related product listings

Special properties

listings on English/French-language markets only

Supplementary notes

For the purpose of this study, the 811 listings were manually coded into the following categories: • Firearms. • Ammunition. • Parts and components (e.g. slides, frames, barrels). Accessories (e.g. scopes). • Explosives (e.g. grenades). • Digital products (e.g. ‘do-it-yourself’ guides for home explosives, 3D models of firearms or their parts). • Other weapons (e.g. modified stun guns/tasers, knives, batons).

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