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Takedown Index

The Internet Takedown Index documents law enforcement seizures, sinkholes, takeovers, and shutdowns of criminal internet infrastructure. Every entry traces to a cited source.

102 takedowns indexed Across 37 jurisdictions

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

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Takedown	Date	Category	Lead organization	Jurisdiction	Status Derived from the recorded end date. A date in the past reads Completed, no date reads Ongoing. The dataset carries no separate status column.
Operation Deep Sentinel	Jun 11, 2025	Darknet market	BKA	International	Completed
Operation Cronos wave 1	Feb 19, 2024	Ransomware	NCA, FBI	International	Completed
Operation Tourniquet	Apr 12, 2022	Fraud and stolen data	FBI	International	Completed
EncroChat interception and shutdown	Apr 1, 2020	Criminal communications	French Gendarmerie, Dutch National Police	International	Completed
Operation Trojan Shield	Oct 1, 2018	Criminal communications	FBI, AFP	International	Completed

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June 2025

Operation Deep Sentinel

Archetyp Market Darknet market

Lead: BKA
Result: Server infrastructure seized by Dutch police; marketplace taken offline and replaced with seizure notice; approximately 7.8 million EUR in assets seized.
Accountability: 8 apprehended
Return status: Later activity recorded, link to the original not established

February 2024

Operation Cronos

LockBit Ransomware

Lead: NCA, FBI
Result: 34 servers seized across eight countries; source code and affiliate data obtained; more than 1,000 decryption keys recovered; more than 200 cryptocurrency wallets frozen; approximately 14,000 rogue accounts closed; leak site taken over and operated by law enforcement.
Accountability: 4 charged, 3 apprehended, 2 convicted, and 3 publicly wanted
Return status: Returned under the same operators

April 2022

Operation Tourniquet

RaidForums Fraud and stolen data

Lead: FBI
Result: Domains raidforums.com, rf.ws, and raid.lol seized and redirected to a seizure notice; forum infrastructure taken offline.
Accountability: 1 charged and 1 apprehended
Return status: Followed by a successor service

April 2020

EncroChat interception and shutdown

EncroChat Criminal communications

Lead: French Gendarmerie, Dutch National Police
Result: Server infrastructure in France compromised by a law-enforcement implant; more than 100 million messages intercepted; network shut down and users warned by the operator.
Accountability: No individual outcomes recorded
Return status: Later activity recorded, link to the original not established

October 2018

Operation Trojan Shield

ANOM Criminal communications

Lead: FBI, AFP
Result: Law enforcement operated the platform itself from inception; more than 27 million messages collected from roughly 12,000 devices across more than 300 criminal syndicates; network shut down at the action week.
Accountability: 16 charged and 8 convicted
Return status: Later activity recorded, link to the original not established

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