The closing of the largest market on the darknet has occurred on the direct order of Donald trump

The intensification of the struggle of the American power structures of international cybercrime, the culmination of which was the closure of the largest darknet marketplace, AlphaBay began with the direct guidance of the President of the United States Donald trump. On Thursday, July 20, said the head of the U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions.

During the press conference Jeff sessions, his Deputy, Rod Rosenstein and other members of US law enforcement agencies announced a coordinated effort of international law enforcement agencies against the largest marketplaces on the darknet: AlphaBay and Hansa Market.

And as the head of the justice Department, to action his Department has begun after the relevant order of Donald trump.

"He gave us a few pointers. One of them was the closure of international criminal organizations operating in the Internet. This is the message we want to report on closing the largest site on the darknet," said Jeff sessions.
According to him, the operation against AlphaBay and Hansa, which was active narcotics trade with the US authorities cooperated law enforcement agencies of Thailand, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Canada, the UK and France.

Jeff sessions also called closure AlphaBay the largest operation against the illegal online market in history. Later, the Director of the FBI's Andrew McCabe added that AlphaBay for its size was ten times more than closed in 2013, the platform Silk Road.

Jeff sessions called for more accurate figures: at AlphaBay, there were 40 thousand sellers, buyers 200 thousand and 250 thousand represented positions. Of these 40 thousand vendors 122, allegedly offered to sell fentanyl, 238 sold heroin.

Operation against AlphaBay the attorney General called "one of the most important criminal investigation in this year." He also noted that the security forces "faced with a new challenge from criminals and international criminal organizations that think that they can commit their actions with impunity on the darknet".

Recall that in the course of operations against AlphaBay was the personality of the administrator sacta – it was a 25-year-old canadian resident Alexander Kazes from Canada.

July 5, Kazes was arrested in Thailand, but some time after this he was found dead in a prison in Bangkok. Presumably Kazes has committed suicide.

The other closed the illegal market Hansa was closed on June 20 after in Germany, two people have been arrested in connection with the site men. Hansa servers were in Germany, the Netherlands and Lithuania.

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