#darknet

A market that took only Monero ran for five years and €330 million. The playbook that broke Silk Road and AlphaBay did not apply — and the authorities who dismantled it have not said what did.

In mid-2025, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Cochin Zonal Unit executed Operation MELON, dismantling India's premier Level-4 darknet narcotics syndicate operating under the vendor moniker...