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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have taken down what they believe was the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet market and arrested its suspected operator.

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LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, alphabay darkweb url dark web link blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector.

By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The kingpin or kingpins of the world's biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The "Joker's Stash" marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data traded hands for bitcoin and other digital coins, ceased operations this month, Elliptic said on Friday, in what it called a rare example of such a site bowing out on its own terms.

Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations.The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illegal goods online, Europol said today.Operation Dark HunTOR also recovered millions of pounds in cash and bitcoin, as well as drugs and guns. 

Footage has emerged of the inside of a five-storey abandoned underground NATO bunker built with 31inch thick concrete walls in Germany allegedly converted by criminal gangs into a high tech data centre to host darknet market websites. 

BERLIN, May 3 (Reuters) - German police have uncovered one of the world's largest underground darknet websites for alphabay darkweb url child pornography with more than 400,000 users and alphabay onion arrested four people connected to the platform, prosecutors said on Monday.

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Two of the three largest dark web markets are closed for business.

It appears the self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street', best darknet market markets Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, who was granted $3million bail on Wednesday, led a second life a hipster New York rapper who performs under the street name Razzlekhan.