In short
- Operation Raptor resulted in 270 arrests in 10 countries and the seizure of $ 200 million in cash and crypto, making it the biggest enforcement action under the JCode initiative of Doj.
- Authorities have seized more than two tons of drugs, including 144 kilograms with fentanyl, traded much of it by crypto-linked DarkNet markets.
- American public prosecutors accused various large human traffickers, including the operators of Nemesis and Incognito markets, who used crypto to sell opioids and hide yields.
A global law enforcement operation has resulted in the seizure of $ 200 million in cash and digital assets and the arrest of 270 people in 10 countries, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
Napynchronization Raptor, authorities say that the coordinated strike DarkNet drug has dismantled Networks that feeds the fentanyle epidemic, so that the biggest attack has been marked so far under an initiative known as a J code.
Authorities have seized more than two tons of medicines, 144 kilograms with fentanyl, 180 firearms and hundreds of millions in crypto assets, like the doj rack On Thursday.
The operation, led by the Joint Criminal Opioid and DarkNet enforcement team of the Doj in coordination with Europol and dozens of international agencies, targeted drug suppliers and market places in Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US
J-Code, founded in 2018, wants to detect, disrupt and dismantle the most productive criminal companies that trust the internet or advanced technology to facilitate trade on opioids.
“This historic international seizure of firearms, deadly drugs and illegal funds will save lives,” said the attorney -general Pam Bondi in a statement. “Criminals cannot hide behind computer screens or search for the dark web.”
The mission points to the growing concern about how crypto is used for traffic opioids And laundry wins.
Cartel-linked money couriers have led at least $ 5.5 million in stablecoins pretend USDT To Chinese suppliers of Fentanylvoorlopers, according to a report from March of Chainalysis, which revealed what the company called a ‘fentanyleconomy in the chain’.
TRM Labs earlier reported The fact that 97% of Chemical Suppliers studied Crypto, which has been accepted, revealed how Stablecoins became critical infrastructure for global human trafficking networks.
Those patterns on the chain reflect the behavior of people who have already been persecuted by the Doj under Operation Raptor.
Among them was the Iranian National Behrouz Parsarad, sued in Ohio and Punished by the US treasuries ofac In his first action as a J-Code member for Operating Nemesis Market, a DarkNet platform that sold opioids and hidden profit by crypto-portfolios.
Federal Public Prosecutors raised similar charges against Rui-Shang Lin, which ran the Incognito market, “one of the largest market places for drugs on the internet” plead guilty in December To conspiracy of drugs, money laundering and selling misbruding medication.
This week, Telegram closes Haowang GuaranteeA vast black market linked to more than $ 27 billion in illegal transactions in the Cyber Scam economy of Asia.
Described by blockchain company Elliptic as “the most productive crypto-driven black market ever seen online”, Howang guarantees in the crops USDT, fake IDs and tools for industrialized fraud, which are often used victims who are stuck in waving substances.
Recently, Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, were sued in California For fentanyl trade in the midst of reports that link their Sinaloa carteling action to crypto-based money laundering by Chinese brokers.
Published by Sebastian Sinclair
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