The dark web is a more flexible tool used in the current epidemic of new crowns and allows for anonymous delivery via cryptocurrencies. Mafia groups have made particular use of the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Monero.

According to a report released by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, more than $2.2 billion worth of virtual currency was sent from Chinese crypto-virtual currency addresses to addresses linked to illegal activities such as fraud and dark web operations between April 2019 and June 2021.