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International agency release

Europe-wide takedown hits longest-standing dark web drug market – Administrator arrested in Spain; top vendors targeted in Sweden

Europol, June 16, 2025. Operation dates, participating agencies and roles, arrests, asset seizure, marketplace scale.

Source type
International agency release
Published
June 16, 2025
Research grade
P2
Used in entries
11

Bibliographic record

Publisher
Europol
Published
June 16, 2025
Source type
International agency release
Research grade
Source grade P2
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europe-wide-takedown-hits-longest-standing-dark-web-drug-market
What it supports
Operation dates, participating agencies and roles, arrests, asset seizure, marketplace scale
Dataset id
src_europol_archetyp_2025

How this source is used

Cited 11 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 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

Cited by

Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

7 citations

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

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • Server

    Server seized, Operation Deep Sentinel

    Primary source
  • 1 onion service

    Onion service seized, Operation Deep Sentinel

    Primary source

Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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