In a coordinated International operation, Europol along with FBI, US DEA and Dutch Police have seized and taken down AlphaBay and HANSA black markets. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed that US and European police shutdown of two major dark web marketplaces, AlphaBay. It has been estimated that both marked had tens of thousands of sellers of illicit goods serving more than 200,000 customers worldwide. The AlphaBay Market went down last week on Tuesday, July 4th apparently without any explanation. The event caused the panic among the community of its users, many of that have purchased products on the marketplace was fearing the Exit-Scam.”]
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