ABSTRACT

Over the last two decades, researchers explored various aspects of the operational practices of online illicit market operations through the Open and Dark Web for various physical and digital goods. Far less work has considered the presence of counterfeit identity documents for sale within these markets, or the process of advertising, purchasing, producing, selling, and delivering these materials. This study utilized a qualitative crime script analysis of 19 vendors advertising counterfeit documents on the Open and Dark Web, focusing on the advertising, actualization, and delivery of various products. The pricing for various document types and the locations they claim to reflect citizenship of were examined, along with the variations dependent on where the product was advertised. The findings demonstrated that the market for identity documents shared common practices to other online markets, highlighting the value of crime script analyses to understand the distribution of goods through illicit markets generally.

摘要

在过去的二十年里，研究人员通过开放和暗网探索了在线非法市场操作的各个方面，用于各种实物和数字商品。很少有工作考虑在这些市场中出售假冒身份证件的存在，或广告、购买、生产、销售和交付这些材料的过程。本研究对 19 家在公开和暗网上宣传伪造文件的供应商进行了定性犯罪脚本分析，重点关注各种产品的广告、实施和交付。检查了各种文件类型的定价和他们声称反映公民身份的位置，以及取决于产品广告位置的变化。