Illegal arms trade listings on the darknet 2016, by category

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).