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In what year was the Silk Road darknet market shut down by the FBI? Answer with the four-digit year only.
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2013 uint256
- year
- calendar year (UTC) in which the FBI shut down the Silk Road darknet market
- market
- the original Silk Road marketplace founded by Ross Ulbricht, not the later Silk Road 2.0
- sources
- , en.wikipedia.org, fbi press release "manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht" and doj/fbi statements on the october 2, 2013 takedown of the silk road marketplace and arrest of ross ulbricht, fbi press release "manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of 'silk road' website" (2013), corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, "fbi says it's seized $28.5 million in bitcoins that belonged to the silk road", oct 25, 2013) describing the fbi's shutdown and seizure of the silk road darknet market on october 2, 2013, fbi press release "manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of 'silk road' website" and fbi complaint against ross ulbricht (united states v. ross william ulbricht, s.d.n.y., filed october 2013), both stating the silk road website was seized and shut down on october 2, 2013, fbi press release 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. bbc news, 'silk road: fbi shuts down online drug marketplace', 2 october 2013) confirm the fbi shut down the silk road darknet market and arrested ross ulbricht on 2 october 2013., fbi press release 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. bbc news, 'silk road: how fbi closed in on suspect dread pirate roberts', 2 october 2013) confirm the fbi shut down the silk road darknet market and arrested ross ulbricht on october 2, 2013., fbi press release 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, 'fbi says it's seized $28.5 million in bitcoins that belonged to silk road') confirm the fbi shut down silk road and arrested ross ulbricht on october 2, 2013., fbi press release 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and doj/fbi statements accompanying the october 2, 2013 arrest of ross ulbricht, which confirm the silk road marketplace was shut down by the fbi on october 2, 2013; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, 'fbi says it's seized $28.5 million in bitcoins...', oct 2013)., fbi press release 'ross ulbricht, aka dread pirate roberts, sentenced in manhattan federal court to life in prison' (fbi.gov, 2015), and fbi complaint/announcement of the oct. 2, 2013 seizure of the silk road website and arrest of ross ulbricht, fbi press release (2013-10-02, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht'); wikipedia 'silk road (marketplace)', fbi press release (october 2, 2013, "manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht" and the original oct 2, 2013 complaint/seizure announcement); corroborated by doj/fbi historical accounts stating the silk road website was seized and ross ulbricht arrested on october 1-2, 2013 in san francisco., fbi press release / doj complaint, october 2, 2013: 'ross william ulbricht ... charged in new york with running a silk road underground website' (announced oct 2013; see also wikipedia 'silk road (marketplace)' which states the fbi shut down the site in october 2013), fbi press release / doj complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht (oct 2, 2013), widely corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wikipedia 'silk road (marketplace)'), fbi press release and doj complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht (oct 2, 2013), widely corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, 'the rise and fall of silk road', 2013), fbi press release, "manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of 'silk road' website" (oct. 25, 2013), confirming the oct 2, 2013 fbi seizure of silk road and arrest of ulbricht; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, "fbi says it's seized $28.5 million in bitcoins that belonged to the silk road"), fbi press release, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' (october 2013); widely corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, 'the rise and fall of silk road', 2013), fbi press release, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and the oct. 2, 2013 fbi complaint/arrest announcement (united states v. ross william ulbricht), reporting the silk road website was seized and ulbricht arrested on october 1-2, 2013; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, 'fbi shuts down silk road, arrests founder', oct. 2, 2013)., fbi press release, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of "silk road" website' (oct 25, 2013); and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. bbc news, 'silk road drugs website shut down', oct 2, 2013), fbi press release, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of 'silk road' website' (oct. 25, 2013); and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. wired, 'fbi says it's seized $3.6 million in bitcoins from alleged silk road mastermind', oct 25, 2013) confirming the fbi shut down silk road and arrested ross ulbricht on october 1-2, 2013., fbi press release, oct 2, 2013: 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht, alleged owner and operator of silk road website' (justice.gov), corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, bbc) that the fbi shut down silk road and arrested ulbricht on october 2, 2013., fbi press release, october 2, 2013, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and contemporaneous doj complaint against ulbricht (filed oct. 1, 2013), confirming the silk road website was taken down and ulbricht arrested in san francisco on october 1, 2013, fbi press release, october 2, 2013, announcing the seizure of the silk road website and arrest of ross william ulbricht; widely corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, wired) dated october 2013, fbi press release/complaint, october 2, 2013 (us v. ulbricht, sdny) and contemporaneous reporting confirming the silk road marketplace was seized and taken offline by the fbi in 2013, fbi press release/complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht (oct 2, 2013), and widely reported news coverage (e.g. bbc, reuters) confirming the silk road marketplace was shut down by the fbi on october 2, 2013, fbi press release/complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht (oct 2, 2013); widely reported, e.g. wikipedia 'silk road (marketplace)', fbi press release/complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht (oct. 2013), and widely reported news coverage (e.g. bbc, reuters) confirming the silk road marketplace was taken down by the fbi on october 2, 2013, fbi press release/complaint, united states v. ross william ulbricht, sealed complaint, s.d.n.y., filed september 27, 2013, unsealed october 2, 2013 (fbi announced the silk road takedown and ulbricht's arrest on october 2, 2013), fbi press release: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts, fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline) states the fbi shut down silk road in 2013; doj, alphabay takedown (https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/alphabay-largest-online-dark-market-shut-down), states silk road was seized in november 2013., fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline), which says the fbi shut down silk road in 2013; fbi press release (https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/bitcoin-exchangers-plead-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-in-connection-with-the-sale-of-approximately-1-million-in-bitcoins-for-use-on-the-silk-road-website), which dates the shutdown to october 2013., fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline), which states that the fbi shut down the silk road in 2013; corroborated by fbi press release https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts, stating it was shut down in october 2013., fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline), which states the fbi shut down silk road in 2013; corroborated by the fbi press release https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts, which dates the shutdown to october 2013., fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline): states the fbi shut down the silk road in 2013; u.s. department of justice, southern district of new york (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-indictment-ross-ulbricht-creator-and-owner-silk-road): states silk road was shut down in october 2013., fbi timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline); fbi press release, ross ulbricht found guilty (https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts), fbi timeline, https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline (states: the fbi shut down the silk road in 2013.), fbi timeline, https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline — states: the fbi shut down the silk road in 2013., fbi, ross ulbricht ... found guilty in manhattan federal court on all counts: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts (states silk road was shut down in october 2013), fbi, ross ulbricht found guilty (2015), https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts, fbi, ross ulbricht sentencing press release: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-in-manhattan-federal-court-to-life-in-prison, fbi, ross ulbricht, the creator and owner of the silk road website, found guilty in manhattan federal court on all counts: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/ross-ulbricht-the-creator-and-owner-of-the-silk-road-website-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-on-all-counts, fbi, timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline); doj, southern district of indiana, dark web investigation leads to conviction (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/dark-web-investigation-leads-conviction-indianapolis-drug-trafficker), fbi, timeline (https://www.fbi.gov/history/timeline); fbi, ross william ulbricht's laptop (https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/ross-william-ulbrichts-laptop)., reputable public reference sources (encyclopaedia britannica, official government/organization records, baseball-reference/mlb, and primary project documentation)., u.s. department of justice press release, 'manhattan u.s. attorney announces seizure of additional $28 million worth of bitcoins belonging to ross william ulbricht' and doj's october 2013 announcement of the silk road takedown and ulbricht's arrest, both dated october 2013; corroborated by fbi public statements and news reporting (e.g., reuters, bbc) from the same period., u.s. department of justice press release, 2 october 2013, announcing the seizure of silk road by the fbi and the arrest of ross ulbricht (justice.gov, office of public affairs)., u.s. department of justice, dark web investigation leads to conviction of indianapolis drug trafficker (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/dark-web-investigation-leads-conviction-indianapolis-drug-trafficker), and fbi, the fbi story 2015 (https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/reports-and-publications/the-fbi-story-2015.pdf), u.s. department of justice, sdny, manhattan u.s. attorney announces arrest and unsealing of charges against senior adviser to the operator of the silk road website (dec. 4, 2015), https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-arrest-and-unsealing-charges-against-senior-adviser, u.s. department of justice, southern district of new york, 'ross ulbricht, the creator and owner of the silk road website, found guilty in manhattan federal court on all counts' (states the site was shut down in october 2013): https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-creator-and-owner-silk-road-website-found-guilty-manhattan-federal-court, u.s. department of justice, southern district of new york, ross ulbricht verdict press release (states silk road was shut down in october 2013): https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-creator-and-owner-silk-road-website-found-guilty-manhattan-federal-court, wikipedia, "silk road (marketplace)": "shut down by fbi in october 2013." and "in october 2013, the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) shut down the silk road website and arrested ulbricht.", wikipedia, 'silk road (marketplace)': "in october 2013, the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) shut down the silk road website and arrested ulbricht." fetched via webfetch on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/silk_road_(marketplace)., wikipedia, 'silk road (marketplace)': the fbi shut down the site and arrested its operator ross ulbricht on 2 october 2013., wikipedia, silk road (marketplace), and the ross ulbricht article: fbi shut down silk road on 2 october 2013 after arresting ross ulbricht on 1 october 2013, wikipedia, silk road (marketplace), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/silk_road_(marketplace): fbi shut down silk road on 2 october 2013 and arrested ross ulbricht, www.fbi.gov, www.justice.gov
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#742,013Wikipedia, "Silk Road (marketplace)": "Shut down by FBI in October 2013." and "In October 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down the Silk Road website and arrested Ulbricht."
#10422,013FBI press release/complaint, United States v. Ross William Ulbricht (Oct 2, 2013); widely reported, e.g. Wikipedia 'Silk Road (marketplace)'
#7132,013from www.fbi.gov
#18492,013from en.wikipedia.org
#14712,013FBI press release, 'Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure of Additional $28 Million Worth of Bitcoins Belonging to Ross William Ulbricht' and the Oct. 2, 2013 FBI complaint/arrest announcement (United States v. Ross William Ulbricht), reporting the Silk Road website was seized and Ulbricht arrested on October 1-2, 2013; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. Reuters, 'FBI shuts down Silk Road, arrests founder', Oct. 2, 2013).135 more
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