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@article{198957,
        author = {C.JEGAN and Dr. SUGANTHINI},
        title = {A STUDY ON THE NEED FOR RENOVATIVE PROCEDURAL LAWS IN DRUG TRADE IN VIRTUAL WORLD},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {10756-10761},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=198957},
        abstract = {The advent of cyberspace has fundamentally altered the architecture of criminal enterprise, and perhaps no domain illustrates this transformation more vividly than the trafficking of controlled substances through digital platforms. The virtual world—encompassing darknet markets, encrypted peer-to-peer networks, cryptocurrency ecosystems, and decentralised autonomous organisations—has emerged as a sophisticated and operationally resilient marketplace for drug trade that transcends geographic boundaries and challenges every foundational assumption upon which conventional procedural law was built. The paper proposes a set of renovative procedural reforms encompassing jurisdiction rationalisation, cyber-specific evidentiary standards, digital asset forfeiture mechanisms, and international cooperative protocols. It argues that unless procedural law is systematically modernised to mirror the realities of virtual crime, substantive prohibitions on drug trafficking will remain largely unenforceable in digital environments.},
        keywords = {Virtual drug trade, darknet markets, procedural law reform, digital evidence, cryptocurrency, jurisdictional challenges, cybercrime, narcotic law, darkweb prosecution, cyber forensics, transnational crime},
        month = {April},
        }