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# Organizations and roles

May 2019, Criminal hosting and proxies
[DeepDotWeb domain seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/deepdotweb-domain-seizure)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 3 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FBI. 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation), United States | Operational lead | Led the investigation and domain seizure. |
| | [United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/united-states-attorney-s-office-for-the-western-district-of-pennsylvania), United States | Prosecuting | Prosecuted the case. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Supporting | Supported the international arrests. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

US court seizure order; indictment alleging money-laundering conspiracy (W.D. Pa.)

### Oversight

The record assigns prosecuting or judicial roles to USAO-WDPA.

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