Operation DarkHunTOR was a success. Authorities in many countries have carried out a joint crackdown against the dark web and the illegal commerce therein. Some 150 people were arrested and many seizures were made.
Europol, the European police agency, said several million euros in cash and bitcoins, as well as drugs and weapons were recovered.
Operation DarkHunTOR "consisted of a series of separate but complementary actions in Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States," the agency said. to AFP. The carefully prepared crackdown followed the dismantling in January of "DarkMarket", one of the internet's main underground marketplaces.
US law enforcement has arrested 65 people in its territory, and Operation DarkHunTOR has also resulted in, among other things, 47 arrests in Germany, 24 in the United Kingdom, four in Italy and four in the Netherlands. Several of these people "were targets of importance" for Europol.
Authorities also seized 26.7 million euros in cash and electronic currencies as well as drugs, including 25,000 ecstasy tablets, and 45 firearms.
"DEEPSEA", "BERLUSCONI"
In Italy, the police have closed illegal marketplaces called "DeepSea" and "Berlusconi" which between them presented "more than 100,000 advertisements of illegal products", according to Europol, which coordinated the action with Eurojust, the European agency for judicial cooperation.
"The object of operations like this is to signal to criminals operating on the dark web (that) the law enforcement community has the means and international partnerships to expose them and hold them accountable for their activities. illegal, even in dark web areas, ”said deputy director of operations at Europol, Jean-Philippe Lecouffe.
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