When Pete Evans spruiks bogus COVID-19 treatments on Instagram, you may guess that the secret areas of the internet are home to some even more disturbing products than his notorious BioCharger, a machine that looks like a food processor but which (apparently) uses pulsed waves of energy to fight off the dreaded coronavirus.

“Vaccines” priced at a mere $25,000-a-shot and bulk supplies of PPE that even Bunnings cannot source have all been listed for sale on dark web auctions sites in the last month.

The dark web, for those unfamiliar with the virtual underworld, is made up of websites accessible through a special browser; websites not covered by search engines and which remain encrypted.

As a result, they are often used for selling illegal merchandise — like illicit drugs, child pornography and weapons.