The man created and operated dark web forums through Tor that allowed anonymous drug transactions. Between 2014 and 2017, a significant amount of drugs were sold, purchased, and distributed through his dark web site. He was not personally involved in the drug dealing process and did not benefit financially from the drug trafficking.

HaoYu Wang, 26, who is from China but attended the University of Utah, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of murder, according to an arrest statement. Wang told police he bought heroin and fentanyl on the dark Web and that the couple intended to kill themselves together.

Scatchrad, who is unemployed, set up an account on TorMarket under the username "freshkiwiproduce" and advertises various drugs on the TorMarket marketplace, including MDMA, LSD, Viagra and Ritalin.

Alex Hudson of Britain's National Crime Agency admits that police have been a step behind the criminals, but says new technology will make a difference.

With the majority of drugs coming from the Netherlands for export, between 70 and 90 percent, Dutch police are once again recognizing the importance of investigating the dark web.

Vienna drug investigators have arrested five suspects for trafficking marijuana on the dark web. They had grown marijuana in five locations in eastern Austria and sent it by mail.

In an official announcement, the operators of Cannazon, a dark web marketplace, said the DDoS attack was not the reason for the shutdown, but it provided an opportunity to shut down the site, which was the plan all along.

The ruling shows that drug traffickers are not untouchable in the dark web trade and that law enforcement will not let the dark web become a haven for drug dealers.

Flugsvamp 3.0 is said to have made about 30 million Swedish kronor selling drugs and substances to people through the dark web. Swedish police have been engaged in a protracted battle with Flugsvamp, the country's largest dark web marketplace for drugs.

U.S. and European police arrested 150 people for buying and selling drugs and weapons on dark web forums and seized some 234 kilograms of drugs, 45 guns and more than $31.6 million in cash and virtual currency in a 10-month operation that spanned nine countries.