“Commercial Drug Lab” Discovered During Drug Raids in Cologne
Police in Cologne, Germany, arrested four suspected drug dealers as part of an investigation into a large-scale darkweb drug trafficking operation.Since April 2018, the suspects allegedly distributed 279 kilograms...
Tramadol Vendor Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison
A Georgia man was sentenced to 135 months in prison for buying and selling Tapentadol on the darkweb.He sold Tramadol, Tapentadol, and Etizolam on the darkweb, court documents revealed.Sheldon...
German Man Bought 500 Grams of Drugs on the Darkweb
A 26-year-old from Achern is facing charges for drug trafficking after purchasing at least 500 grams of amphetamine from a darkweb vendor group.The Münster public prosecutor’s office investigated a...
Former Police Employee Allegedly Sold Guns on the Darkweb
A former employee of the Kantonspolizei in the canton of Schwyz is facing charges for allegedly selling firearms on the darkweb. Between 2012 and 2013, according to the indictment,...
DOJ Files Complaint to Forfeit 69,370 Bitcoin
The Department of Justice filed a civil complaint to forfeit 69,370 Bitcoin linked to the Silk Road.A few days ago, the blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace spotted two transactions sent...
Someone Moved $1b in Bitcoins From the Silk Road
Someone transferred 69,370 Bitcoins, worth about one billion dollars, from a wallet associated with the Silk Road darkweb marketplace.According to a report from the blockchain intelligence firm CipherTrace, 69,370...
$1B of Bitcoin from Silk Road wallet moves for first time since 2015
An anonymous crypto user has just moved 69,370 Bitcoin from an address associated with the Silk Road darknet market that more recently has become a popular hacking target. According...
Playpen User Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
A United States District Judge sentenced a Louisiana man to 120 months in prison for accessing material depicting child abuse on a darkweb forum.Charles Heath Thompson, 44, of Shreveport,...
German Police Seized Nine Telegram-Based Drug Markets
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the General Public Prosecutor’s Office in Frankfurt am Main and Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT), and other law enforcement agencies seized...
Exit scams and regulations disrupt global darknet markets
A report published by blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has detailed significant disruptions to the clandestine darknet marketplace sector following a spate of exit scams during recent months. Despite opportunities for...
