Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times,
U.S. and international authorities arrested hundreds of people and seized drugs, guns, cash, and cryptocurrency in Operation TorNado, a crackdown on dark web sales of fentanyl and other drugs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Nov. 12.
The department put the total at 354 arrests and said the cash and cryptocurrency seized were worth more than $234 million.
Vendors and buyers on dark web marketplaces such as Archetyp, Bohemia, Nemesis, Kingdom, and Tor2Door were caught in the crackdown.
The arrests included 132 in the United States, 59 in the UK, 45 in Hungary, 41 in Germany, 23 in France, 13 in New Zealand, 12 in the Netherlands, 11 in Slovenia, six in Austria, five in Ireland, four in Czechia, two in Australia, and one in Finland.
The department described Operation TorNado as a coordinated, multi‑agency, and international law enforcement effort.
The department's Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and Europol jointly announced the results, marking the latest operation in their ongoing partnership against illicit trade on the dark web.
"Operation TorNado represents the sixth - and most extensive - internationally coordinated action since JCODE was created in 2018," the DOJ said.
An undisclosed number of investigations are still underway to identify people behind dark web accounts.
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