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The US Justice Department announced the largest dark web bust it has ever helped carry out, seizing more than 1,100 pounds of drugs from 179 alleged online dealers around the world. The US worked with police in Europe to carry out the investigation, seizing more than $6.5 million in cash and darknet market<\/a> markets virtual currencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Operation DisrupTor — named after the\u00a0<\/span> frequently used to access the dark web — was led by police in Germany, along with US law enforcement agencies and darkmarket url Europol.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The majority of the arrests took place in the US with 121 cases, followed by 42 cases in Germany, eight cases in the Netherlands, four cases in the United Kingdom, three cases in Austria and one case in Sweden. Police said investigations are still ongoing to identify people behind these dark web accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The for hidden parts of the internet that you can’t easily discover through an online darknet market<\/a> marketplaces have grown in popularity at an alarming rate and allow drug traffickers to openly advertise and take orders from anywhere in the world,” Rosen said. “The dark web market<\/a> net invites criminals into our homes and provides unlimited access to illegal commerce.”<\/p>\n

Operation DisrupTor used information from another major darknet market<\/a> raided in April 2019, FBI Director Christopher Wray said. , one of the largest dark web marketplaces online.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n