AlphaBay and Hansa were collectively responsible for more than 10 times the volume of sales as the Silk Road marketplace. AlphaBay went dark over the July 4 weekend, leading users to suspect the administrators had committed an “exit scam” But it turns out that Dutch police had led an investigation that resulted in the arrest of two Hansa administrators in Germany and the seizure of servers in the Netherlands, Germany and Lithuania. Authorities say they shared intelligence with 37 countries, including details about 38,000 drug-related transactions.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/police-seize-worlds-two-largest-darknet-marketplaces-a-10128