An international law-enforcement operation targeting online drug trafficking seized an dark web marketplace, confiscated over $53 million and netted nearly 300 arrests, authorities in Europe and the U.S. said Tuesday
FILE- This Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, file photo shows the sun bouncing off the Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. LEuropean Union law enforcement agency Europol says police around the world have seized an online marketplace and arrested nearly 300 people allegedly involved in buying and selling drugs on the dark web.
“Our message to criminals on the dark web is this: You can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable for your crimes,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. The number of arrests and money seized was the highest for any international Justice Department-led drug trafficking operation, he said.
“But some of the packages his family thought were full of computer parts actually contain drugs he had purchased off the dark net," he said. “Because of those drugs, that promising young man sadly died of an overdose last year.” “Our coalition of law enforcement authorities across three continents proves that we all do better when we work together,” Europol’s executive director, Catherine De Bolle, said in a statement. “This operation sends a strong message to criminals on the dark web: International law enforcement has the means and the ability to identify and hold you accountable for your illegal activities, even on the dark web.
The Dutch national police's Cyber Enabled Crime Team was involved in the operation, codenamed SpecTor.
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