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288 dark web vendors arrested in major marketplace seizure

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Dissent

Fromm Europol’s press release:

In an operation coordinated by Europol and involving nine countries, law enforcement have seized the illegal dark web marketplace “Monopoly Market” and arrested 288 suspects involved in buying or selling drugs on the dark web. More than EUR 50.8 million (USD 53.4 million) in cash and virtual currencies, 850 kg of drugs, and 117 firearms were seized. The seized drugs include over 258 kg of amphetamines, 43 kg of cocaine, 43 kg of MDMA and over 10 kg of LSD and ecstasy pills.

Operation SpecTor resulted in 288 arrests globally, 50.8 million euros and cryptocurrency seized, 850 kg of drugs seized , and 117 firearms seized.

This operation, codenamed SpecTor, was composed of a series of separate complementary actions in Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Switzerland

Read the full press release at Europol.

DOJ’s companion press release can be found on DOJ’s site. That press release identifies some specific individuals who were picked up, prosecuted, and/or sentenced already as part of this operation.

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