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German-Spanish Crimenetwork takedown and arrest

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Police in Germany and Spain arrested a suspected Crimenetwork operator and shut down the relaunched dark web marketplace, disrupting a cross-border cybercrime hub for stolen data, drugs, and forged documents. The operation also led to the seizure of €194,000 in assets and the collection of user and transaction data for follow-on probes. Authorities said the marketplace had rebuilt quickly after an earlier shutdown, showing how fast cybercrime infrastructure can reappear.

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  1. 11.05.2026 11:15 2 articles · 2mo ago

    German and Spanish police shut down relaunched Crimenetwork

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    Spanish investigators arrested a 35-year-old German citizen in Mallorca after coordinating with the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor's Office – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), as police in Germany and Spain moved to shut down the relaunched Crimenetwork dark web marketplace. The marketplace was said to handle stolen data, drugs, and forged documents, and to have attracted over 22,000 users and more than 100 vendors after being rebuilt just days after the December 2024 shutdown.

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