German, U.S. authorities seize world's largest darknet marketplace

The Independent

Lean LeftHigh FactualityOther: Evgeny Lebedev

World’s largest illegal darknet marketplace shutdown in joint operation

Authorities say they seized around $25m in cryptocurrency from Hydra

abc News

Lean LeftHigh FactualityMedia Conglomerate: The Walt Disney Company

Germany shuts down world's largest illegal marketplace on darknet with US help

UPI

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German, U.S. authorities seize world's largest darknet marketplace

Authorities have seized and shuttered the world's largest and longest-running darknet marketplace on accusations it functioned as a criminal trading platform for narcotics, money laundering and other nefarious goods.

Vice

Lean LeftMixed FactualityMedia Conglomerate: The Walt Disney CompanyPrivate Equity: TPG Capital

Police Shut Down ‘Hydra,’ One of the Largest Dark Web Marketplaces

German authorities seized and shut down Hydra, a Russian-language darknet market, and seized around $25 million in Bitcoin.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Media Conglomerate: NZZ Mediengruppe

Hydra: Largest darknet market in the world closed

The servers of the Russian crypto and drug marketplace Hydra were located in Germany. The investigators ensured them, together with bitcoins worth 23 million francs.

Daily Finland

German police shut down world's largest illegal online marketplace

German investigators have shut down what they say is the worlds largest illegal marketplace on the darknet, selling illicit goods to some 17 million registered customers, reported dpa. Computer servers in Germany and bitcoins with a...