The disturbing world of the Deep Web, where contract killers and drug dealers ply their trade on the internet

The disturbing world of the Deep Web, where contract killers and drug dealers ply their trade on the internet Dozens of 'hitmen' are available for hire through the 'Deep Web', or Tor They all offer their services for a price paid in mysterious currency Bitcoin One boasts: 'I always do my best to make it look like an accident or suicide' Others market services: 'The best place to put your problems is in a grave' Hiring a hitman has never been easier. This worrying development of the criminal black market is down entirely to the Deep Web - a seething matrix of encrypted websites - also known as Tor - that allows users to surf beneath the everyday internet with complete anonymity. Chilling: So for those looking to bump off a difficult acquaintance, all they have to do is enter the Dark Web and search 'hitman for hire', such as this one Guns for hire: This site appears to offer the services of a team of former mercenaries from the french foreign Legion The Deep Web has existed for more than a decade but came under the spotlight last month after police shutdown the Silk Road website - the online marketplace dubbed the 'eBay of drugs' - and arrested its creator. Silk Road: The Deep Web has existed for more than a decade but first came under the spotlight after police shutdown the Silk Road website - the online marketplace dubbed the 'eBay of drugs - in 2013 Ross Ulbricht was also accused of hiring an undercover FBI agent to kill two people although these charges were later dropped The Silk Road's creator, Ross Ulbricht, was arrested last month after allegedly hiring an undercover FBI agent to murder a member of the site who was apparently blackmailing him.