Darknet: dismantling of the "largest" global sales site
The DarMarket platform, billed as the world's largest point of sale on the Darknet, had 500,000 users and more than 2,400 sellers.
AP - Damian Dovarganes
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Anything but visible and accessible only to insiders on the internet, this network is often used for illegal activities and requires lengthy investigations to be dismantled.
This is what has just happened after months with the end this Monday, January 11 of a site presented as the largest Darknet platform in the world.
German justice provided information on this long-term international operation on Tuesday.
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Pascal Thibaut
Drugs, false papers, stolen or falsified credit card data, or even computer viruses ... The list of products offered by "DarkMarket" was long and anything but legal.
Hidden in the depths of the internet, the platform presented as the largest point of sale in the world in its field on the Darknet had 500,000 users and more than 2,400 sellers.
At least 320,000 transactions were carried out and settled there in cryptocurrencies.
The total amount could reach 140 million euros.
About twenty servers seized
A vast international operation led this Monday to its dismantling.
Twenty servers were seized in Moldova and Ukraine according to the Koblenz prosecutor's office in Germany, which conducted the investigation for months in cooperation with other countries.
The alleged operator of DarkMarket was arrested last weekend at the German-Danish border and remanded in custody in Germany.
The investigation is probably not finished.
The data entered should make it possible to continue investigations and find traces of resellers, moderators and customers.
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