Australian Federal Police raid Queensland properties linked to shutdown of DarkMarket website
By Jessica Stewart
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Items seized in Australian Federal Police raids on the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
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Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators have raided several properties in Brisbane and the Gold Coast in relation to the shutdown of the world s largest illegal dark web marketplace, DarkMarket.
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DarkMarket had nearly 500,000 users and nearly 2,400 vendors
Information from German authorities prompted the Queensland raids
He is accused of being the administrator of DarkMarket, which was selling drugs, counterfeit cash, stolen credit card data, anonymous SIM cards and malware.
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What is a darknet store and why are people who run them so hard to catch?
By Craig Valli, as told to Catherine Taylor
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It is alleged that amongst other things drugs were sold on DarkMarket.
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An Australian man has been arrested in Germany, accused of operating the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet.
Prosecutors allege the 34-year-old sold drugs, forged money, stolen or forged credit cards, anonymous mobile phone SIM cards and malware on the site, known as DarkMarket.
So what is a dark web store and why are people who run them so hard to catch? Professor of digital forensics at Edith Cowan University, Craig Valli, explains.
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