Authorities Take Down World’s Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace

Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world’s largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
At the time of closure, DarkMarket is believed to have had 500,000 users and more than 2,400 vendors,