FBI Went Undercover in Crime Forum DarkMarket 

The computer crime supersite DarkMarket.ws, that was shut down on September 16, had been infiltrated by the FBI as part of a two-year undercover operation, the FBI announced on October 16. The site had been operating for the past three years as on online marketplace where stolen identities, stolen credit cards, and the tools of the trade were bought and sold. At its peak, DarkMarket had over 2,500 registered members. The FBI operation has to date resulted in 56 arrests worldwide, with more investigations still ongoing. 

The operation owes much of its success to cooperation among international law enforcement agencies. The FBI conducted this operation with the assistance of multiple domestic and international law enforcement partners, including the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, United Kingdom’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, Turkish National Police – KOM Department, Bundeskriminalamt (German Federal Criminal Police in Wiesbaden), and the Landeskriminalamt Baden – Wuerrtemberg (State Police of Baden Wuerrtemberg).