In an operation coordinated by Europol and involving nine countries, law enforcement agencies seized the illegal dark web market "Monopoly Market" and arrested 288 suspects involved in buying and selling drugs on the dark web, seizing more than 50.8 million euros in cash and cryptocurrency, 850 kilograms of drugs and 117 guns. The operation, code-named SpecTor, consists of law enforcement operations in Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States and Switzerland.
Additionally, in the run-up to this coordinated action, German and US authorities shut down the darknet market "Hydra" in April 2022, with German authorities seizing €23 million in cryptocurrency. (BleepingComputer)
