An international law enforcement operation led to the arrest of one of the three administrators of the dual dark web market 'Bohemia/Cannabia,' known for hosting ads for drug sales and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
The man was arrested at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on June 27, 2024, and electronic devices containing incriminating data and access keys to Bitcoin wallets were seized.
A second administrator of Bohemia/Cannabia was arrested in Ireland in the context of the same operation, which leveraged data from the joint international investigation.
In total, the Dutch police (Politie) and partners in Ireland, the UK, and the US seized over 8 million euros ($8.77M) worth of cryptocurrency from the two administrators.
Politie
says it has been investigating the darknet platform from late 2022 until the end of 2023, when it shut down, following several
service disruptions and a feud with a supposed "rogue developer" who allegedly caused the outages.
When the admins "exit scammed" and split the money members had deposited to the platform, the police traced the amounts and identified the administrators.
The darknet market also had most of its server infrastructure in the country, which is now under the police's control.
