In the face of market uncertainty, illicit actors on the darkweb mitigate risk by displacing their operations across digital marketplaces. In this study, we reconstruct market networks created by vendor displacement to examine how digital marketplaces are connected on the darkweb and identify the properties that drive vendor flows before and after a law enforcement disruption. Findings show that vendors’ movement across digital marketplaces creates a highly connected ecosystem; nearly all markets are directly or indirectly connected. These network characteristics remain stable following a law enforcement operation; prior vendor flows predict vendor movement before and after the interdiction. The findings inform work on collective patterns in offender decision-making and extend discussions of displacement into digital spaces.

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在线被盗数据市场网络：供应商流如何连接数字市场

面对市场的不确定性，暗网上的非法行为者通过在数字市场上转移他们的业务来降低风险。在这项研究中，我们重建了由供应商转移创建的市场网络，以检查数字市场如何在暗网上连接，并确定在执法中断前后推动供应商流动的属性。调查结果表明，供应商跨数字市场的运动创造了一个高度连接的生态系统；几乎所有市场都直接或间接相连。这些网络特征在执法行动后保持稳定；先前的供应商流动预测供应商在拦截前后的流动。这些发现为罪犯决策中的集体模式提供了信息，并将关于流离失所的讨论扩展到了数字空间。