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A day after shutting AlphaBay, Dutch police close Hansa Market after gathering intelligence on users

Police ran 2nd dark web marketplace as sting to spot drug deals



In an innovative blow against illicit internet commerce, cyberpolice shut down the world's leading "dark net" marketplace — then quietly seized a second bazaar to amass intelligence on illicit drug merchants and buyers. AlphaBay, formerly the internet's largest dark net site, had already gone offline July 5 with the arrest in Thailand of its alleged creator and administrator, Canadian Alexandre Cazes. But on Thursday, European law enforcement revealed that Dutch cyberpolice had for a month been running Hansa Market. -- More...

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