Silk Road 2 illegal website disabled by FBI, Europol and Department of Homeland Security.
The arrests of two men on suspicion of selling drugs from Dublin via the secretive part of the internet known as the darknet was part of a major day of action in which some of the biggest secret drug trading sites in the word were taken down, it has emerged.
Most of the activity was conducted in the Republic and the US.
The detention of the suspects in south Dublin on Wednesday were two of only three arrests globally. The third man, who was detained in the United States, is alleged to be a darknet pioneer running the major Silk Road 2 site.
It has emerged as one of the biggest online trading places for illicit drugs since its establishment 12 months ago when it replaced the original Silk Road site after it was disabled by the US authorities.
Silk Road 2 was effectively disabled and seized yesterday in a major operation involving law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, the US Department of Homeland Security and Europol.
Those visiting the site were greeted with a notice posted by the agencies explaining the site had been disabled and warning others involved in the darknet they would eventually be caught.
Other smaller similar sites where drugs are offered for sale and orders can be placed and paid for in bitcoin have also been disabled as part of the international Operation Onymous.
Source: Conor Lally, Irish Independent, 07/11/14
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