Scores arrested in global crackdown on darknet opioid trafficking

(Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Law enforcement officials have arrested 179 people and seized more than 6.5 million dollars (£5 million) in a worldwide crackdown on opioid trafficking on the darknet, the US Justice Department said.

The operation, which mainly occurred in the US and Europe and included four arrests in the UK, came more than a year after officials took down the so-called Wall Street Market, believed to have been one of the largest illegal online marketplaces on the darknet.