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...