米財務省の OFAC がダークネットの取引市場である Hydra Market と暗号資産取引所 Garantex を経済制裁の対象に指定。ドイツの警察当局は Hydra のサーバを差し押さえて、2300万ユーロ相当の Bitcoin を押収した。
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market, Hydra Market (Hydra), in a coordinated international effort to disrupt proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dangerous drugs, and other illegal offerings available through the Russia-based site. The operation targeting Hydra was a collaborative initiative joined by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations. This action was enhanced by international cooperation with the German Federal Criminal Police, who today shut down Hydra servers in Germany and seized $25 million worth of bitcoin.
Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main – Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (ZIT) – und das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) haben am heutigen Dienstag die in Deutschland befindliche Serverinfrastruktur des weltweit größten illegalen Darknet-Marktplatzes „Hydra Market“ sichergestellt und diesen damit geschlossen. Es wurden Bitcoins in Höhe von derzeit umgerechnet ca. 23 Mio. EUR sichergestellt, welche dem Marktplatz zugerechnet werden.
Earlier today, Germany’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced the take-down of the Russian-language darknet market Hydra. Elliptic’s analysis shows that the platform – which was the largest such market operating on the dark web – has facilitated over $5 billion in Bitcoin transactions since beginning operations in December 2015.