In July 2017, global law enforcement coordinated on Operation Bayonet to take down the dark web marketplace AlphaBay, seizing servers in Lithuania and arresting its creator. At the time, AlphaBay was one of the largest and most active dark web marketplace. Usually when these go down, another gains popularity to take the top spot.
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