[Epoch Times October 27, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Wang Yixiao reported in Germany) European Criminal Police Organization (Europol) announced in The Hague on Tuesday (October 26) that it has recently launched a joint operation against darknet crimes. A total of 150 suspects were arrested, and the police also seized large amounts of money, drugs and weapons.
At the beginning of this year, German investigators took the lead in cracking the largest illegal transaction to date on the dark web. During the investigation, the police collected a large amount of evidence and provided it to investigators around the world to track more dark web action plans. Recently, Europol has once again successfully cracked down on dark web suppliers and buyers.
Europol stated that the large-scale operation, code-named Dark HunTOR, was coordinated by the police from multiple countries. The participating countries include the United States, Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
A total of 150 suspects have been arrested so far. Most of the suspects (65) were arrested in the United States, followed by Germany (47) and the United Kingdom (24), Italy and the Netherlands each arrested 4 people. Many of the arrested suspects were listed as “high-value targets” by Europol.
In addition, the police also seized 234 kilograms of drugs and 45 guns, and seized more than 26 million euros in cash and virtual currency. The seized drugs included 152 kilograms of amphetamine, 27 kilograms of opiates and more than 25,000 ecstasy pills.
During the operation, the Italian police shut down two dark web online markets named “DeepSea” and “Berlusconi”. In total, more than 100,000 illegal items were distributed in these two markets. announcement.
In May of this year, the German police announced that they had successfully shut down the world‘s largest dark-net child pornography platform called Boystown. The operation at the time lasted for several months and a total of 4 people were arrested. Europol stated that the operation benefited from many clues obtained by Germany’s investigation of the dark web, and the investigation of the dark web will continue in several countries.
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