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'Hydra Market': Germany shuts down darknet platform used for drugs sales
German investigators say they have shut down a Russian-language darknet marketplace that specialised in drug dealing.
Prosecutors in Frankfurt described the "Hydra Market" platform as the world's largest illegal marketplace.
They said they seized its server infrastructure in Germany as well as bitcoin cryptocurrencies worth €23 million.
The operation was the result of international investigations since August 2021, prosecutors said.
https://www.euronews.com/2022/04/05/hydra-market-germany-shuts-down-darknet-platform-used-for-drugs-sales