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# Organizations and roles

January 2021, Darknet market
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The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: BKA. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Bundeskriminalamt](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/bundeskriminalamt), Germany | Operational lead | Led the seizure and operator arrest. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Coordinator | Coordinated the international operation. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

German judicial search/seizure authority.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026