International agency release

# One of the world's biggest hacker forums taken down

Europol, April 12, 2022. Operation Tourniquet coordination, participating countries, UK arrest.

**Source type:** International agency release

**Published:** April 12, 2022

**Research grade:** P2

**Used in entries:** 4

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Europol

**Published:** April 12, 2022

**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:** Operation Tourniquet coordination, participating countries, UK arrest

**Dataset id:** src\_europol\_tourniquet\_2022

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 4 times across 3 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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[Operation Tourniquet](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tourniquet)

Fraud and stolen data, April 2022

Supporting source

### Organization roles

2 citations

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

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[European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tourniquet)

Coordinator, Operation Tourniquet

Supporting source
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[National Crime Agency](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-tourniquet)

Arresting, Operation Tourniquet

Supporting source

### Legal actions against people

1 citation

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Diogo Santos Coelho](https://takedownindex.org/people/diogo-santos-coelho)

Arrested, Operation Tourniquet

Supporting source

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