The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that 179 people were arrested worldwide and large quantities of drugs, weapons, and currency seized following a crackdown on opioid trafficking on the darknet, an area of the internet that can only be accessed with specialized software.
The bust, which was dubbed Operation DisrupTor, was coordinated internationally and conducted across the United States and Europe. Most of the arrests—121 of them—were made in the United States, with individuals in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Sweden also apprehended in the sting.
