Analyzing Online Forums to Map the Underground Doping Market
The study of doping market: How to produce intelligence from Internet forums.
Background
Doping in sports and bodybuilding remains a significant challenge, with athletes and individuals seeking performance-enhancing substances outside regulated channels. The underground doping market is dynamic and opaque, making it difficult for anti-doping agencies and law enforcement to track trends, identify new substances, and understand supply chains. Traditional surveillance methods often fail to capture the real-time evolution and user perspectives within these illicit networks, leaving a critical gap in intelligence gathering.