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# Organizations and roles

June 2025, Darknet market
[Operation Deep Sentinel](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-deep-sentinel)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 7 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 international investigation and operation. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Coordinator | Coordinated the multinational operation and provided analytical support. |
| | [Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität, Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/zentralstelle-zur-bekampfung-der-internetkriminalitat-generalstaatsanwaltschaft-), Germany | Prosecuting | Directed the German prosecution. |
| | [European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-criminal-justice-cooperation) | Judicial cooperation | Supported cross-border judicial cooperation. |
| | [Policía Nacional](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/policia-nacional), Spain | Arresting | Arrested the administrator in Barcelona. |
| | [Polismyndigheten](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/polismyndigheten), Sweden | Arresting | Arrested vendors in Sweden. |
| | [Politie (Netherlands National Police)](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/politie-netherlands-national-police), Netherlands | Infrastructure seizure | Seized the marketplace server infrastructure. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

German judicial orders, European Arrest Warrant, Dutch and Spanish judicial cooperation, Eurojust coordination

### Oversight

The record assigns prosecuting or judicial roles to ZIT and Eurojust.

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