Security News > 2022 > November > German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk

A 22-year-old student German federal police believe to be the administrator of one of the largest German-speaking, dark-web forums has been arrested.

According to German law enforcement, the student, from Lower Bavaria, served as the operator of the third version of Deutschland im Deep Web since November 2018.

German police shut down Deutschland im Deep Web in 2017 following that murder spree, and also arrested the operator at the time, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2018.

The Deutschland im Deep Web seizure follows another dark web shutdown earlier this year that was part of a joint effort by German federal police and US law enforcement agencies.

In April, the two countries slayed Hydra, the longest-running known dark-web marketplace trafficking in illegal drugs and money-laundering services.

First, German cops seized Hydra servers and cryptocurrency wallets containing $25 million in Bitcoins, thus shutting down the online souk.

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