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Combating Crime on the Dark Web

By : Nearchos Nearchou
Book Image

Combating Crime on the Dark Web

By: Nearchos Nearchou

Overview of this book

In today’s world, the crime-prevention landscape is impossible to navigate. The dark web means new frontiers of combat against bad actors that pop up daily. Everyone from narcotics dealers to human traffickers are exploiting the dark web to evade authorities. If you want to find your feet in this tricky terrain and fight crime on the dark web, take this comprehensive, easy-to-follow cyber security guide with you. Combating Crime on the Dark Web contains everything you need to be aware of when tackling the world of the dark web. Step by step, you’ll gain acumen in the tactics that cybercriminals are adopting and be equipped with the arsenal of strategies that are available to you as a cybersecurity specialist. This cyber security book ensures that you are well acquainted with all the latest techniques to combat dark web criminality. After a primer on cybercrime and the history of the dark web, you’ll dive right into the main domains of the dark web ecosystem, reaching a working understanding of how drug markets, child pornography, and human trafficking operate. Once well-versed with the functioning of criminal groups, you’ll be briefed on the most effective tools and methods being employed by law enforcement, tech companies, and others to combat such crimes, developing both a toolkit and a mindset that can help you stay safe from such criminal activities and can be applied in any sector or domain. By the end of this book, you’ll be well prepared to begin your pushback against the criminal elements of the dark web.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1:Introduction to Cybercrime and Dark Web’s History
4
Part 2:The Dark Web’s Ecosystem and Major Crimes
9
Part 3:Efforts to Combat Crimes on the Dark Web

Structure of the research

The research methodology is one of the most important aspects of any research process, including this book. It provides the basis upon which the research is procedurally undertaken, and it allows readers to evaluate the reliability and validity of the study. This chapter’s main aim is to explain the methodology employed for the research. The adopted methodology is justified, along with the techniques, tools, and approaches that were used. Additionally, this chapter discusses the ethical dilemmas and concerns related to the book.

Research process

The research process is not a linear process in which researchers must complete step one before moving on to steps two or three. Depending on the familiarity with the topic and the challenges encountered along the way, it may be needed to rearrange or revisit these steps. The following diagram outlines a simple way in which research could be conducted (Khoo, 2012):

Figure 9.1 – A simple way of conducting the research

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