On 9 March 2026, a global operation led by German authorities and supported by Europol was launched against one of the largest networks of fraudulent platforms in the dark web

Officials said that some confiscated products that were tested have been shown to contain protonitazene, a toxic opioid, and bromazolam, a benzodiazepine that is not marketed in Canada.

Operation Solana, led by the National Organised Crime Group, had been ongoing for the last nine months looking at the alleged importation and distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and ketamine.

Catalin Dragomir a 45-year-old Romanian citizen and initial access broker who went by the online handle inthematrix1, pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft.

The DOJ and Europol just took down SocksEscort. A residential proxy network that has been running since 2009.

The India based drugs vendor who was sourcing drugs to sell from international darknet vendors in the Netherlands, Poland and Germany was busted on Sunday with the arrest of two accused, an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Sunday. The federal agency has also seized 2,338 LSD blotters, 160 MDMA pills, 3.6 kg liquid MDMA, charas and …

Five defendants have been sentenced in a wide-ranging federal drug trafficking case involving the distribution of fentanyl and heroin through the U.S. mail, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

In May 2025 Taiwanese prosecutors have seized assets worth more than NT$200 million ($6.67 million) from Lin Rui Siang the admin of Incognito Market who pleaded guilty in the US in December 2024 to charges related to operating the drug sales platform.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced today a coordinated action with international partners and the Michigan State Police to disrupt and take down the online infrastructure used to operate E-Note, a cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly facilitated money laundering by transnational cyber-criminal organizations, including those targeting U.S. healthcare and critical infrastructure.

Congress representative Chris Pappas has proposed new legislation called “the Dark Web Interdiction Act of 2025. Its main focus is to target opioids and other hard drugs being sold and sent through the dark web.