Operation SpectaTor took down the darknet site Monopoly Market and resulted in the arrests of 288 suspects who sold drugs and other goods for crypto.
Federal and international law enforcement arrested 288 suspects and seized tens of millions of dollars worth of crypto in a globe-spanning drug enforcement operation.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Justice Department was "cracking down" on criminal crypto transactions.Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023, on significant international drug trafficking enforcement action.A consortium of U.S.
"The Justice Department is cracking down on criminal cryptocurrency transactions," Garland said, "and the online criminal marketplaces that enable them." Dozens of firearms and more than 850 kilograms of drugs were also seized in Operation SpecTor, an allusion to the dark-web browsing protocol. The operation was coordinated alongside Europol and resulted in the seizure of a dark-web marketplace called Monopoly Market, according to a
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