International agency release

# 'Avalanche' network dismantled in international cyber operation

Europol, December 1, 2016. Domain, server, arrest, and search figures; participating organizations and roles.

**Source type:** International agency release

**Published:** December 1, 2016

**Research grade:** P2

**Used in entries:** 7

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Europol

**Published:** December 1, 2016

**Source type:** International agency release

**Research grade:** Source grade P2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

**What it supports:** Domain, server, arrest, and search figures; participating organizations and roles

**Dataset id:** src\_europol\_avalanche\_2016

## Research notes

- URL not re-verified in this pass. A Verden prosecutor release is preferred as P1.

How this source is used

Cited 7 times across 4 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Avalanche network takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Criminal hosting and proxies, November 2016

Primary source

### Organization roles

3 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Staatsanwaltschaft Verden](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Operational lead, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source
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[European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Coordinator, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source
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[European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Judicial cooperation, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source

### Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[more than 800,000 domains](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Domains sinkholed, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source
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[39 servers](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Servers seized, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[No documented return](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/avalanche-network-takedown)

Relationship not established, Avalanche network takedown

Primary source

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