Edit Update: Early C-Span description was misleading - Announcement is in reference to a specific case: "WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials are announcing a takedown of an internet marketplace for drugs, counterfeit goods, weapons, hacking tools and other illicit items. Prosecutors say AlphaBay had 200,000 members and 40,000 vendors before it was taken offline. They say it was the largest of many illegal marketplaces that operate in hidden corners of the internet. The site operated on the Tor network, which helps users browse the internet anonymously. Visitors to the online marketplace paid through digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Officials say hundreds of vendors advertised either fentanyl or heroin..." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown...stein-launch-international-cybercrime-effort/ "U.S. Justice Department shuts down dark web bazaar AlphaBay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday law enforcement had knocked offline the dark web marketplace AlphaBay, working with international partners to shutter the site accused of allowing thousands of vendors to sell illegal drugs. AlphaBay mysteriously went offline earlier this month. It was widely considered the biggest online black market for drugs, estimated to host daily transactions totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars..." https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-idUSKBN1A51UZ?il=0 Here Now with appropriate title for discussion: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/feds-have-taken-down-two-major-dark-web-marketplaces.395575/
