Drug vendors on darknet cryptomarkets are notoriously elusive. When cryptomarkets are subjectedto law enforcement crackdowns or other types of closures, rather than being deterred vendorsmigrate to other cryptomarkets. However, knowledge is lacking on why vendors migrate in thedirection that they do. A Swedish cryptomarket vendor community, whose primary cryptomarket”Flugsvamp 3.0” was suddenly closed in October of 2021, reappeared on a new cryptomarketcalled ”Archetyp Market” shortly after. With this thesis, I attempt to explore how the vendors ofthis community might have coordinated their migration to Archetyp Market. Building upon recenttheoretical contributions of vendor decision-making, I propose two ideal types of vendors inmigration. The first type is vendors with high reputation who have a greater economic incentive tore-establish themselves quickly, to minimize loss. Vendors with lower reputation will not have thesame need to move quickly. As their primary concern is to reach new customers, they will look tocryptomarkets with a high level of general trust. Cryptomarkets that have received an influx ofhigh reputation vendors will thereby have reached an attractive level of general trust, causing aninflux of lower reputable vendors. I tested this hypothesis by collecting cross-sectional data fromArchetyp Market and measured the covariation between when the Swedish vendors joined the siteand their reputational status. Using a standard linear regression analysis, I found a moderatepositive covariation between two reputationally related variables and the number of days sincejoining Archetyp Market. The vendors with high reputations joined Archetyp Market earlier thanthose with less. This finding thereby provides us with insight into how vendor reputation is not justeffective in influencing buyers, but also other vendors. Additionally, I proposed how thesereputational values could be developed into early indicators of the direction of vendors duringcryptomarket closure.

Darknet är en del av den djupa webben, som är en icke indexerad del av internet. Det används för olika ändamål, till exempel att köpa läkemedel och finansiell information. Tillgången till Darknet kan vara anonym genom att använda TOR och Bitcoin. Anonymiteten vid webbsökning under användandet av Darknet kommer påverka bevis för myndigheter. Således kan det ha en möjlig effekt på brottsbekämpande arbete, särskilt angående digitalt kriminaltekniskt arbete, utifrån begränsningen av tillgängliga data. Således syftar denna studie till att fastställa vad de svenska myndigheterna arbetar med för att stoppa illegala aktiviteter som utförs med hjälp av Darknet, i samband med begränsningarna från svensk lagstiftning. Studien kommer att genomföras med hjälp av intervjuer med polis, advokat, köpare och tullen för att få deras insikt och åsikt om det valda ämnet. Medan statistiska uppgifter kommer från undersökningar med kunniga respondenter från forum. På grund av detta kan arbetet fungera som en väsentlig förståelse för hur Darknet kan påverka nutiden och framtida brottsutredningar. Ytterligare arbete måste utföras i området för att lösa potentiella implikationer, eftersom detta arbete endast examinerar om det finns påverkan / Darknet is a part of the Deep web, which an unindexed section of the internet. It is in use forvarious purposes, e.g., buying drugs and financial information. The access to Darknet can besubstantially anonymous by using TOR and bitcoin. Given anonymity for web browsing, it will directly impact evidence about illicit purchases. So, itmay have a possible effect on law enforcement work, particularly on digital forensic work due tothe limitation of data available. Thus, this study aims to determine what the Swedish government isdoing to stop Darknet trading, along with the limitations from Swedish regulations. The focus is thus on criminal prosecution and criminal investigation. The study will be throughconducting interviews with police, lawyer, buyer, and border control to get et their insight andopinion on the chosen topic. Statistical data is from conducting surveys with knowledgeablerespondents from forums. Due to this, the work can serve as an essential understanding of how Darknet may impact presentand future criminal investigations. Additional work must be done in the area to solve the potentialimplications, due to this work only examines if there are any impacts