German investigators say they've shut down a Russian-language darknet market that specialised in drug dealing.
Prosecutors in Frankfurt described the "Hydra Market" platform because the world's largest unlawful market.
They mentioned they seized its server infrastructure in Germany in addition to bitcoin cryptocurrencies price €23 million.
The operation was the results of worldwide investigations since August 2021, prosecutors mentioned.
"Hydra Market" -- lively since at the least 2015 -- was used to promote unlawful medication, cast paperwork, intercepted information and "digital companies".
Its gross sales had been reportedly at the least €1.23 billion in 2020, making it "the unlawful market with the very best turnover on the planet", in response to prosecutors.
German authorities mentioned that the platform had about 17 million registered buyer accounts and greater than 19,000 registered sellers.
In 2021, officers shut down the "DarkMarket" platform that had been used to purchase or promote medication and weapons.
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