150 Arrested in US-Europe Crackdown on DarkNet Drug Trafficking

150 Arrested in US-Europe Crackdown on DarkNet Drug Trafficking
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, with Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news at the Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 26, 2021. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the DarkNet has led to about 150 arrests in the United States and Europe and the seizure of drugs, cash, and guns, U.S. and European authorities said on Tuesday.

The crackdown, called Operation Dark HunTor, was announced at a U.S. Justice Department news conference where Deputy U.S Attorney General Lisa Monaco warned cyberspace drug sellers: “There is no dark internet. We can and we will shed a light.”