BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a man with plotting an Islamic extremist attack in the Hamburg area around the time of last year's 20th anniversary of the Sept.
11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

The German-Moroccan dual citizen, identified only as Abdurrahman C. in line with German privacy rules, was in August. An indictment filed at the Hamburg state court charges him with preparing a serious act of violence and darknet market links violating weapons laws.

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

By Tom Wilson

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

WASHINGTON, alphabay link April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S.
Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based alphabay darknet url darknet market site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and St. Petersburg.