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Operation Deep Sentinel Seizes Archetyp Market, Arrests Administrator

Europol describes the coordinated action as a major blow to dark web drug networks

General view of the Europol building in The Hague, Netherlands December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/ File Photo
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Overview

  • Between June 11 and 13, Operation Deep Sentinel deployed about 300 officers for coordinated raids across six European countries
  • Investigators dismantled the marketplace’s infrastructure in the Netherlands and arrested the suspected administrator, a 30-year-old German national, in Barcelona
  • Law enforcement also detained one moderator and six top vendors in Germany and Sweden
  • Authorities seized 47 smartphones, 45 computers, narcotics and assets valued at €7.8 million from all suspects
  • Archetyp Market had facilitated over €250 million in Monero transactions through 612,000 users, 3,200 vendors and 17,000 listings since 2020