An Australian man is accused of running a $220million illegal darkweb marketplace which has been called the biggest in the world and 'eBay for criminals'. 

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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. 

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the darknet market 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.

Germany has announced a spike in far-right crime and warned that political extremists are 'the biggest threat to our country.'

An alleged fraudster dubbed The Crocodile of Wall Street over claims she laundered $4.5 billion in Bitcoin has been freed on bail  - but her husband has been ordered to stay in jail.  

Australians are officially the world's biggest binge drinkers, but Britain and the US don't lag far behind - featuring in the top five of the latest Global Drug Survey.Denmark and Finland ranked at second and third in the survey of more than 32,000 people from 22 countries which collected data from December 2020 to March 2021.The data also shows that the Irish felt the most remorse after drinking.   

By Tom Wilson

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

German police have taken down one of the world's largest child porn sites with over 400,000 members and arrested four people accused of running it.