Wed Sep 23 15:44:04 2020
<2bdaedc4> <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54247529> 179 arrested is a lot
— Dark web drugs raid leads to 179 arrests
— About 500kg of cocaine, heroin and other drugs have been seized as well as guns.
<9e126bf3> yikes
<9e126bf3> > It ends the “golden age” of these underground marketplaces, *<https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/international-sting-against-dark-web-vendors-leads-to-179-arrests|Europol said>*.
> “The hidden internet is no longer hidden”, said Edvardas Sileris, head of Europol’s cyber-crime centre.
— International sting against dark web vendors leads to 179 arrests
— Today, a coalition of law enforcement agencies across the world announced the results of a coordinated operation known as DisrupTor which targeted vendors and buyers of illicit goods on the dark web.
<9e126bf3> ^ authorities’ wishful thinking