German police dismantle revived dark web marketplace, arrest administrator

Techub News, according to CryptoBriefing, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Central Office for Cybercrime (ZIT) arrested a 35-year-old administrator of Crimenetwork on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Police accuse him of operating a revived darknet marketplace and seized approximately €194,000 in illegal assets and transaction data. Crimenetwork is a major darknet marketplace in the German-speaking region. After being shut down at the end of 2024, it was revived, accumulating 22,000 users and €3.6 million in revenue. The platform facilitated illegal drug transactions and used Bitcoin for settlement. According to reports, the original operator was sentenced to 7 years and 10 months in prison in March 2026.