Five arrested in Dutch hidden online marketplaces crackdown

February 12, 2014

Five men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trafficking drugs and weapons via hidden online marketplaces, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday.Three men were arrested on Tuesday in the Netherlands on suspicion of setting up and managing the hidden online market place Utopia, a Silk Road clone that the Dutch police seized on Tuesday, Public Prosecution Service spokesman Wim de Bruin said.The suspects allegedly set up Utopia after another hidden marketplace, Black Market Reloaded, was taken offline at the end of last year when it experienced a large influx of visitors after the U.S. government seized the site of its biggest competitor, Silk Road, in October, the Public Prosecution Service said in a news release. The suspects allegedly had used Black Market Reloaded for dealing in drugs and weapons, it added.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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