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I really hadn't even heard of the dark web before it's just scary it's a scary movie to me
this is terrifying and it's as easy as going to Amazon a few clicks and you could hire a hitman you go to the
website and you send an email who you want dead who you want hurt they'll tell you how much money it's going to cost
and you paid for it well the dark web is everywhere it's all over the world it's got no borders
I'm very familiar with the dark web and all the cybercrime it contains I discover there's a lot of sick people
out there there are people around the world in danger and I do something about it on the dark web everybody's anonymous
it's like a parallel internet and sometimes we call it the Internet's evil twin because it is a place of absolute
lawlessness what makes it dangerous is that it can't be policed on the dark web you can buy and sell drugs any drug you
want you can buy weapons human trafficking pornography of the most depraved types and sometimes I've seen
people trying to kill people hitman for hire advertise their services on the dark web because the nostra is the
proven legitimate deep web eBay of crime we offer your services to beat up set fire or kill customer targets hi my name
is yaara we have hundreds of gang members criminals and people who love to kill for money
they are anonymous you are anonymous so come and get rid of those nasty problems
this is deadly serious this is talking about the murder of a human being you know when you pay $10,000 to get
someone killed these are dangerous people these are messages from the user known
as dog day God one of the most notorious users of the website what's the first sentence that dog day God writes I'm
looking to hire you for hit nine one one with the attitude emergency I think my way it soon became clear that it was not
a suicide someone had killed her she was a devoted wife a loving mother who had many friends I mean my friend was taken
from me it's like road rage ten times but through the internet that's just too close to me that scares
made it up tonight we're going to take you on one of the strangest journeys ever on 48 hours it's a murder
investigation that begins not far from here in small town Minnesota and then takes us to here in Texas here in
California to here in Tennessee to 4,000 miles away here in London 48 hours explores the alarming world of
murder-for-hire on the dark web and follows the story wherever it leads to expose an international criminal
organization and hunt for a murder mastermind across the globe named euro how recently has your a threatened your
life well I think it was about a week ago I'm gonna take this guy down I will be waiting for you on the Deep Web
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A "48 Hours" investigation into one murder leads into the dark web and to the disruption of four potential murder-for-hire plots. Peter Van Sant investigates in the "48 Hours" two-hour season premiere airing Saturday, Sept. 29, 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode investigates murder-for-hire services on the dark web and a global hunt for a criminal mastermind.

Key points

The Dark Web Exposed. Exploring the terrifying reality of hiring hitmen online, revealing the dark web's lawlessness.
Murder-for-Hire Investigation. A chilling journey through a murder investigation that spans thousands of miles.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It's like a parallel internet and sometimes we call it the Internet's evil twin.

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