A criminal gang attempted to sell a British model on the dark web for $300,000 in bitcoin

A 20-year-old British model has suffered a horrific ordeal at the hands of an online illegal trafficking organisation called the "Black Death Group", which sells abducted women on the deep web to the highest bidder and asks for ransom in bitcoin. 

The model, who identifies herself as Chloe Ayling, was allegedly kidnapped upon arriving in Milan for a photoshoot July 11 and drugged, assaulted, and locked in a suitcase, according to Italy's Polizia di Stato.

Her captors allegedly tried to sell her on the deep web for more than $300,000 (£230,000) and demanded her agent pay a ransom, police said.  Read more...