Government release

# Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of Largest Online Darknet Marketplace

United States Department of Justice, April 5, 2022. US charges against Dmitry Pavlov, marketplace scale, parallel sanctions.

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** April 5, 2022

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 6

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Department of Justice

**Published:** April 5, 2022

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**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:** US charges against Dmitry Pavlov, marketplace scale, parallel sanctions

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_hydra\_2022

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 6 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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[Hydra Market server seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Darknet market, April 2022

Primary source

### Organization roles

2 citations

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

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[United States Department of Justice](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Charging, Hydra Market server seizure

Primary source
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[Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Other, Hydra Market server seizure

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov)

Charged, Hydra Market server seizure

Primary source
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[Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov)

Publicly wanted, Hydra Market server seizure

Primary source

### Excluded candidates

1 citation

Cited for a candidate event assessed and left out of the index.

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OFAC sanctions on Hydra Market and Garantex

Sanctions-only action. The designation itself did not seize, redirect, or disable internet infrastructure. The German server seizure on the same date is recorded separately as td\_2022\_hydra.

Primary source

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