THE HAGUE: A global police sting has netted 179 vendors involved in selling opioids, methamphetamine and other illegal goods on the Internet underground, in what officials of Europol said on Sept 22 put an end to the “golden age” of dark web markets.
Over nine months Operation DisrupTor seized 500 kilogrammes of drugs including cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine, more than US$6.5mil (RM26.88mil) in cash and online currencies, as well as well as 64 guns, Europe’s police agency said.
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