Map Shows Global Dark Web Crackdown as FBI Announces Arrests
Summary
The FBI said Operation TorNado led to 354 arrests across 14 countries between May 2025 and October 2026, targeting dark web drug trafficking and related sales. Authorities reported seizing more than 5.7 metric tons of drugs, over $234 million in cryptocurrency and cash, and 209 firearms.Key Facts
- The FBI said 132 arrests took place in the United States.
- The United Kingdom recorded 59 arrests, Hungary 45, Germany 41, and France 23.
- Montenegro took part in the operation but recorded no arrests; authorities conducted a “knock and talk.”
- Authorities in the United States seized about 4.8 metric tons of illicit drugs, including more than 354 kilograms of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced pills.
- The FBI’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team worked with Europol and law enforcement partners in Australia and New Zealand.
- Two brothers in Florida were charged with allegedly running a dark web account that sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing nitazenes.
- An Oregon-based trafficking group accused of selling drugs through Telegram and distributing them through the U.S. Postal Service was also targeted.
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