Click for a Killer: Part 1
This episode appears to contain dynamically inserted ads. Transcript timestamps may be approximate.
(upbeat music) - I really hadn't even heard of the dark web before. It's just scary. It's a scary movie to me. - This is terrifying. And it's as easy as going to Amazon, a few clicks and you could hire a hitman. (upbeat music) - You go to the website and you send an email. Who you want dead, who you want hurt. They'll tell you how much money it's going to cost and you pay for it. - Well, the dark web is everywhere. It's all over the world. It's got no borders. (upbeat music) - I'm very familiar with the dark web and all the cyber crime it contains. I discovered there's a lot of sick people out there. There are people around the world in danger and I had to do something about it. (upbeat music) - On the dark web, everybody's anonymous. It's like a parallel internet and sometimes we call it the internet's evil twin because it is a place of absolute lawlessness. What makes it dangerous is that it can't be policed. - On the dark web, you can buy and sell drugs. - Any drug you want. - You can buy weapons. (upbeat music) - Human trafficking. - Pornography of the most depraved types. - And sometimes I've seen people trying to kill people. (upbeat music) - Hit men for hire, advertise their services on the dark web. - Of course, a nostra is the proven legitimate deep web eBay of crime. We offer you services to beat up, set fire or kill customer targets. - Hi, my name is Yura. We have hundreds of gang members, criminals and people who love to kill for money. They are anonymous. You are anonymous. So come and get rid of those nasty problems. - This is deadly serious. This is talking about the murder of a human being. - You know, when you pay $10,000 to get someone killed, these are dangerous people.
Transcription truncated.
A "48 Hours" investigation into one murder leads into the dark web and to the disruption of four potential murder-for-hire plots. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.