Dark Huntor, an international operation, seizes $31.6 million in cash and cryptocurrency.

Operation Dark Huntor, a three-continent international effort to disrupt opioid trafficking on the darknet, has resulted in the arrest of 150 people. The operation also resulted in the seizure of over $31.6 million in cash and cryptocurrencies, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that “Operation Dark Huntor” has resulted in 150 arrests around the world. Furthermore, more than $31.6 million in cash and cryptocurrencies were seized.

The Department of Justice described Operation Dark Huntor as a “coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the darknet.” It was carried out in collaboration with the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) and foreign law enforcement “against the illegal sale of drugs and other illicit goods and services” across the United States, Australia, and Europe. Europol and Eurojust were in charge of coordination.

The DOJ noted:

Operation Dark Huntor resulted in the seizure of over $31.6 million in both cash and virtual currencies.

The announcement details that the operation has “resulted in the arrest of 150 alleged darknet drug traffickers and other criminals who engaged in tens of thousands of sales of illicit goods and services across Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.”

The Justice Department went on to say:

Prior to, but in support of Operation Dark Huntor, Italian authorities also shut down the Deepsea and Berlusconi dark web marketplaces which boasted over 40,000 advertisements of illegal products. Four alleged administrators were arrested, and €3.6 million in cryptocurrencies were seized in coordinated U.S.-Italian operations.

Patrick

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