Top Searches Naftali Bennett. Russia Ukraine War. Elon Musk. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Imran Khan. Suspects are being investigated for "operating criminal trading platforms on the internet on a commercial basis", the BKA federal police said in a statement.
Founded in , Hydra served Russian-speaking markets, selling narcotics but also stolen credit card data, counterfeit currency and fake identity documents, masking the identities of those involved using the Tor encryption network. The marketplace had around 17 million customer accounts and over 19, vendor accounts, according to the BKA.
The " Bitcoin Bank Mixer " provided by the platform, a service for concealing digital transactions, had made investigations especially difficult, it added. The secret "darknet" includes websites that can be accessed only with specific software or authorisations, ensuring anonymity for users. We thank German authorities and the Bundeskriminalamt, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, for its valued assistance in this case.
Criminals on the darknet hide behind the illusion of anonymity, but DEA and our partners across the globe are watching. We will continue to investigate, expose, and take action against criminal networks no matter where they operate. Denying criminals a space to operate freely to conduct their nefarious activities is the first step in stopping this activity from happening altogether.
Barksdale of the U. Postal Inspection Service National Headquarters. The Postal Inspection Service will continue to work with our federal partners to end these criminal organizations regardless of where they are. Hydra vendors offered a variety of illicit drugs for sale, including cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, heroin and other opioids. The vendors openly advertised their drugs on Hydra, typically including photographs and a description of the controlled substance. Hydra also featured numerous vendors selling false identification documents.
Users could search for vendors selling their desired type of identification document — for example, U. Many vendors of false identification documents offered to customize the documents based on photographs or other information provided by the buyers.
Numerous vendors also sold hacking tools and hacking services through Hydra. Mixing services allowed customers, for a fee, to send bitcoin to designated recipients in a manner that was designed to conceal the source or owner of the bitcoin. Starting in or about November , Pavlov is alleged to have operated a company, Promservice Ltd. The U. Trial Attorneys C. Alden Pelker and Christen M. Attorneys Claudia A.
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