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BERLIN (AP) – German investigators on Tuesday shut down a Russian-language darknet market<\/a> marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing, darkmarket link<\/a> list seizing bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million).<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in Frankfurt described the “Hydra darknet market<\/a>” platform as the world’s biggest illegal darknet market<\/a> marketplace.They said they seized its server infrastructure in Germany.<\/p>\n

The shutdown was the result of investigations underway since August, in which U.S. authorities participated.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Treasury Department also announced Tuesday it was sanctioning Hydra as well as a virtual currency exchange, Garantex, that operates out of Russia.The department said both entities have been used to help finance the activities of ransomware gangs.<\/p>\n

The Hydra platform had been active at least since 2015, German prosecutors said. They added that, as well as illegal drugs, dark web market links<\/a> forged documents, darkmarkets intercepted data and “digital services” were offered for Dark markets 2023<\/a> sale.They said that it had about 17 million registered customer accounts and more than 19,000 registered sellers.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the platform had sales of at least 1.23 billion euros in 2020.<\/p>\n

Cybercrime research firm Elliptic said Hydra has facilitated over $5 billion in bitcoin transactions since 2015, receiving a boost after the closure of a key competitor dark markets<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

“Listings on the site also included forged documents, data (such as credit card information) and digital services,” Elliptic said.”Products were advertised for sale in a number of countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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