150 criminals arrested, over $31 million seized in international darknet investigations

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Operation Dark HunTor -150 criminals arrested for selling illegal drugs, good, services on the darknet
Source: DOJ

International law enforcement officials arrested 150 alleged criminals and seized over $31.6 million in a coordinated operation to disrupt the trafficking of opioids on the darknet.

According to the U.S, Department of Justice (DOJ), the arrests were the results of Operation Dark HunTor. The operation was conducted by law enforcement officials in the United States, Europe, and Australia after conducting a 10-month investigation into darknet marketplaces.

Operation DarkHunTor builds on the success of two previous coordinated international law enforcement operations. Last year, Operation DisrupTor resulted in the arrests of 179 darknet drug traffickers, and seizures of $6.5 million in cash and virtual currencies, and approximately 500 kilograms of drugs. Earlier this year, international law enforcement authorities took down DarkMarket, the largest illegal marketplace worldwide at the time. German authorities led the arrests of DarkMarket’s alleged operator and seized the website’s infrastructure, which provided investigators worldwide with a trove of evidence.