A teen learns she's the target of a hit ordered on the dark web — "48 Hours" goes on a global manhunt to find the shadowy figure behind murder-for-hire sites.
For more than two years, "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant has been on a journey through the dark web—and around the world -- investigating websites that advertise hitmen-for-hire. Van Sant's 2018 report, "Click for a Killer," exposed about 20 active murder plots. Now, a terrifying new murder-for-hire plot from the lawless dark web: who targeted a Minnesota teen for murder? And who agreed to arrange her assassination?
Van Sant and "48 Hours" investigate the alleged plot to kill and go on a global hunt to track Yura — the so-called mastermind behind murder-for-hire sites, whose identity and location are unknown. The search has led "48 Hours" to England, India, the Eastern European country of Moldova and eventually culminated in a dramatic encounter in Queens, New York.
Navigating the dark web can be tricky – even dangerous. Our secret weapon: a dark web intelligence analyst, working under the alias "Lisa," to scour the digital world for Yura's real identity and location.
"Everybody can be found," she says. "Yura can be found."