German authorities Hydra Market, one of the largest illegal darknet markets in the world. announced that they were shutting down by conducting an operation.
German federal police, who reported that Hydra Market is an expert in the drug trade, said in a statement that Hydra Market was closed for $ 25 million. 543 Bitcoins (BTC) He said he was captured.
It was stated that the servers of the illegal site were secured in the operation carried out by the Central Office of Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Within the scope of the investigation of Hydra Market on the market 17 million customers and 19,000 sellers Turns out he has an account.
Estimating Hydra Market to be the illegal market with the highest turnover worldwide, the German police announced that the darknet market generated €1.23 billion ($1.35 billion) in revenue in 2020.
German officials, who said that the closed Hydra Market started its activities in 2015, stated that the darknet market is predominantly for the drug trade He stated that it is used and that I provide service to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Moldova.
German federal police said that the Hydra market investigation began in August 2021 and that US officials were also involved in the investigation.