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# Organizations and roles

December 2023, Darknet market
[Kingdom Market seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kingdom-market-seizure)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FBI and HSI. 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. |
| | [Homeland Security Investigations](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/homeland-security-investigations), United States | Co-lead | Co-led the investigation. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Federal indictment; seizure process.

### Ongoing investigation

Group accounted for: Partial. Sole named alleged administrator arrested; broader vendor population not addressed.

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