President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road online marketplace, who had been serving a life sentence for running the dark web platform that ...

Ulbricht, an Eagle Scout from Austin, Texas, using the online pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” a reference to 1987 film The Princess Bride, set up the Silk Road online marketplace on the non ...

Law enforcement alleged Ulbricht “deliberately” operated Silk Road as an “online criminal marketplace” and enabled users to trade illegal drugs anonymously. At least six drug overdose ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...