A huge global effort shut down a pair of huge dark web marketplaces where transactions of drugs, firearms, and stolen data reportedly generated at least $1 billion.
The FBI, DEA, the Dutch National Police, and Europol worked to take down Alpha Bay and Hansa, the largest and third-largest dark web markets, respectively.
According to a press release from Europol, Alpha Bay was home to "over 200,000 users and 40,000 vendors" with a "conservative" estimate of $1 billion in transactions.
Rumors about Alpha Bay's demise had been circulating for days after the market was shut down in early July. Read more...
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