{"id":945572,"date":"2021-10-31T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=945572"},"modified":"2021-10-31T13:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T17:29:06","slug":"dark-huntor-police-arrest-150-following-closure-of-dark-webs-largest-illegal-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-huntor-police-arrest-150-following-closure-of-dark-webs-largest-illegal-market\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Dark HunTor:&#039; Police Arrest 150 Following Closure of Dark Web&#039;s Largest Illegal Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdark-huntor-police-arrest-150-following-closure-of-dark-webs-largest-illegal-market%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=945572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Following a 10-month investigation into the dark web\u2019s largest illegal marketplace named \u201cDark HunTor,\u201d 150 suspected drug vendors and buyers have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The Verge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/10\/27\/22748317\/darkmarket-closure-international-arrests-operation-dark-huntor\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that the closure of the dark web\u2019s largest illegal marketplace, DarkMarket, has resulted in the arrest of 150 suspected drug vendors and buyers. The site boasted some 500,000 users and facilitated around 320,000 transactions, reports Europol, the EU\u2019s law enforcement agency. Items sold on the marketplace included malware, stolen credit card information, weapons, and drugs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15857250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/online-crime-hacker-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15857250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/online-crime-hacker-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">a hacker stealing crypto from his victim (iStock \/ Getty Images Plus)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14163032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cocaine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14163032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cocaine.png\" alt=\"cocaine\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">IanMcD \/<br \/>iStock \/ Getty Images Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-normal text-base break-normal text-black whitespace-pre-wrap opacity-100\">The DOJ and Europol teamed up to take down DarkMarket in an Operation named \u201cDark HunTor.\u201d US arrests totaled 65, German arrests totaled 47, UK arrests totaled 24, Italian arrests totaled 4, Dutch arrests totaled 4, French arrests totaled 3, Swiss arrests totaled 2, and Bulgarian arrests totaled 1. The operation saw $31.6 million in cash and cryptocurrencies seized as well as 45 firearms and around 234 kilograms of drugs such as cocaine, opioids, amphetamine, MDMA, and fentanyl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-normal text-base break-normal text-black whitespace-pre-wrap opacity-100\">Italian authorities successfully shut down two other dark web marketplaces, DeepSea and Berlusconi, as part of the operation. Four alleged administrators of the sites were arrested along with $4.17 million in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-normal text-base break-normal text-black whitespace-pre-wrap opacity-100\">While the dark web was once considered to be relatively safe for drug dealers, international operations like Dark HunTor have seen arrests and closure of marketplaces. Just in recent years, markets like Dream, WallStreet, White House, DeepSea, and Dark Market have all been closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-normal text-base break-normal text-black whitespace-pre-wrap opacity-100\">Europol\u2019s Deputy Executive Director of Operations, Jean-Philippe Lecouffe, in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/international-law-enforcement-operation-targeting-opioid-traffickers-darknet-results-150\">press statement:<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cThe point of operations such as the one today is to put criminals operating on the dark web on notice: the law enforcement community has the means and global partnerships to unmask them and hold them accountable for their illegal activities, even in areas of the dark web.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-normal text-base break-normal text-black whitespace-pre-wrap opacity-100\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/10\/27\/22748317\/darkmarket-closure-international-arrests-operation-dark-huntor\">the Verge here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a 10-month investigation into the dark web\u2019s largest illegal marketplace named \u201cDark HunTor,\u201d 150 suspected drug vendors and buyers have been arrested. 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