Security News > 2024 > March > Darknet marketplace Nemesis Market seized by German police
The German police have seized infrastructure for the darknet Nemesis Market cybercrime marketplace in Germany and Lithuania, disrupting the site's operation.
The Nemesis Market was launched in 2021 as a new marketplace to purchase illegal drugs and narcotics, stolen data and credit cards, and various cybercrime services related to ransomware, phishing, and distributed denial of service attacks.
BKA's announcement says investigations into Nemesis Market started in October 2022, involving German, Lithuanian, and American agencies, including the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
The Nemesis Market website displays the seizure banner below, informing visitors that the platform is now in the police's hands.
At the start of the month, the Düsseldorf Police in Germany seized 'Crimemarket,' a German-speaking marketplace offering drugs and cybercrime services, counting 180,000 users, and arrested six people, including one of the leading operators.
The German police's largest bust came in April 2022, when its investigators disrupted the world's largest darknet market, Hydra, which had 17,000,000 members and 19,000 registered sellers.