{"id":289761,"date":"2024-10-10T11:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=341932"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:52:23","slug":"the-police-have-just-dismantled-the-worlds-largest-illegal-online-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-police-have-just-dismantled-the-worlds-largest-illegal-online-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The police have just dismantled the world&#8217;s largest illegal online market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged administrators of the famous underground markets Bohemia and Cannabia have been arrested after shutting down the websites and attempting to flee with their profits.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ExpressVPN\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/9dce379d-9f49-4660-be29-905824aa432b\/572870025\/expressvpn-download.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ExpressVPN<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.expressvpn.com\/c\/310668\/1462856\/16063?subId1=softonicarticles\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.expressvpn.com\/c\/310668\/1462856\/16063?subId1=softonicarticles\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The arrests were made following an investigation that began in 2022 <\/strong>in which the Dutch police identified servers related to clandestine sales points in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police allege that the sites were trafficking in illicit products, including drugs (mainly cannabis) and DDOS tools, and described them as &#8220;the largest and oldest international dark web market of all time worldwide&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The alleged administrators of the infamous Bohemia and Cannabia dark web  marketplaces have been arrested after apparently shuttering the sites  and trying to flee with their earnings.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cybersecurity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lIhsHmwG9a\">https:\/\/t.co\/lIhsHmwG9a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cyber Tzar (@cybertzar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cybertzar\/status\/1844285899447886032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Several million euros in sales per month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police determined that <strong>the sites carried out approximately 67,000 transactions per month, with a record business volume of 12 million euros reached in September 2023<\/strong>. The Dutch police believe that the administrators personally earned about 5 million euros from the operation before executing the exit scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, the operators of Bohemia and Cannabia learned about the police investigation, which disrupted their operations, so <strong>in 2023 they allegedly carried out an &#8220;exit scam&#8221;<\/strong> that led them to shut down services and seize the funds from the operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a significant law enforcement breakthrough, Dutch police have arrested one of the administrators behind the notorious &#39;Bohemia\/Cannabia&#39; dark web market, known for drug sales and facilitating DDoS attacks. Read more about this operation here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wt66KLoxNw\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wt66KLoxNw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brandon M. Trube (@trubetech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trubetech\/status\/1844037008391336234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That exit did not stop investigators from the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, leading to two arrests of alleged administrators. <strong>One of them was handcuffed in the Netherlands <\/strong>and appeared before a Rotterdam court on Thursday. <strong>The other was detained in Ireland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When conducting criminal investigations and pursuing these criminals, it becomes clear that the dark web is not at all as anonymous as users might think. Thanks to international cooperation, the credibility and reliability of these markets have been severely damaged once again,&#8221; stated Stan Duijf, head of the operations unit of the National Directorate of Investigation and Interventions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The alleged administrators of the famous underground markets Bohemia and Cannabia have been arrested after shutting down the websites and attempting to flee with their profits. The arrests followed an investigation that began in 2022, during which Dutch police identified servers related to the underground marketplaces in the Netherlands. The police allege that the sites were trafficking illicit products, including drugs (mainly cannabis) and DDOS tools, and described them as &#8220;the largest and oldest international dark web market of all time worldwide.&#8221; Several million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":289764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-289761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311228,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289761\/revisions\/311228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289761"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=289761"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=289761"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=289761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}