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Coming in from all over this is from BKA. Translated from German:

In an investigation by the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor's Office - Central Office for Combating Internet Crime ( ZIT ) - and the Federal Criminal Police Office ( BKA ), a 30-year-old German citizen was arrested at his residence in Barcelona on June 11, 2025, by a special unit of the Spanish National Police. The man is accused of operating the illegal online marketplace "Archetyp Market," accessible exclusively via the darknet , as an administrator together with other moderators.

The "Archetyp Market" platform is one of the world's largest and longest-standing criminal trading platforms on the dark web , primarily used to sell drugs such as amphetamine, cannabis, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. The platform's turnover is estimated at €250 million. At last count, the online marketplace had a total of approximately 17,000 sales offers, approximately 612,000 customer accounts, and approximately 3,200 vendors registered. Payments were made exclusively via the cryptocurrency Monero. The 30-year-old is suspected of gang-related illegal trafficking in not insignificant quantities of narcotics pursuant to Sections 29a and 30a of the Narcotics Act.

The suspect's apartment in Barcelona, as well as one property each in Hanover, the Minden-Lübbecke district, and Bucharest, were searched. Evidence, including eight mobile phones, four computers, 34 data storage devices, and assets totaling approximately €7.8 million, were seized. The Dutch National Police successfully seized and shut down the server infrastructure used to operate the criminal platform at a data center in the Netherlands.

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Darknet trading platform “Archetyp Market” shut down – German operator arrested in Barcelona

In addition, further coordinated searches were conducted in Germany and Sweden, which, in separate investigations, particularly targeted the moderators and sellers on the platform. A further 20 properties were searched, including two properties in North Rhine-Westphalia, two properties in Lower Saxony, one property in Hesse, and one in Baden-Württemberg. Seven additional people were arrested in Sweden.

A total of 47 smartphones, 45 computers/notebooks, narcotics, and other assets were seized from all suspects. The comprehensive data seized is now being analyzed and provides further investigative leads.

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