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The investigation reveals the secrets of the million-dollar darknet market.
Finnish customs, in cooperation with the Swedish police, shut down the website and confiscated the servers of the Sipulitie marketplace. The Sipulitie darknet market, which runs on the Tor network, was launched in February 2023. The site, available in Finnish and English, served as a platform for the illegal drug trade. According to information from open sources, the platform's revenue was about 1.3 million euros.
During the investigation, it was possible to identify those involved in criminal activities on Sipulitie. It also turned out that the site was a continuation of Sipulimarket, a site closed by customs in 2020. Sipulimarket was launched in 2019 and specialized in drug trafficking and doping. The turnover was estimated at more than 2 million euros. After the site was shut down, the former administrator created Sipulitie, as well as another trading platform called Tsätti, which was also shut down as part of the investigation.
As a result, Finnish customs, together with the police, identified the administrators, moderators and persons supporting the operation of the sites, as well as buyers and sellers. The investigation is ongoing, with the participation of the Finnish police, the Swedish police, Europol, the Polish intelligence services and the information security company Bitdefender.
This month, too, the Dutch police completed a major investigation into the international dark-web platform "Bohemia/Cannabia," which was one of the largest and longest-running in history. The special services were able to find the administrators of the service, two of them were arrested.
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Finnish customs, in cooperation with the Swedish police, shut down the website and confiscated the servers of the Sipulitie marketplace. The Sipulitie darknet market, which runs on the Tor network, was launched in February 2023. The site, available in Finnish and English, served as a platform for the illegal drug trade. According to information from open sources, the platform's revenue was about 1.3 million euros.
During the investigation, it was possible to identify those involved in criminal activities on Sipulitie. It also turned out that the site was a continuation of Sipulimarket, a site closed by customs in 2020. Sipulimarket was launched in 2019 and specialized in drug trafficking and doping. The turnover was estimated at more than 2 million euros. After the site was shut down, the former administrator created Sipulitie, as well as another trading platform called Tsätti, which was also shut down as part of the investigation.
As a result, Finnish customs, together with the police, identified the administrators, moderators and persons supporting the operation of the sites, as well as buyers and sellers. The investigation is ongoing, with the participation of the Finnish police, the Swedish police, Europol, the Polish intelligence services and the information security company Bitdefender.
This month, too, the Dutch police completed a major investigation into the international dark-web platform "Bohemia/Cannabia," which was one of the largest and longest-running in history. The special services were able to find the administrators of the service, two of them were arrested.
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