
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
LONDON (AP) - Ireland´s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire IT system in response to a cyberattack. Thous ...

MDMA use drops due to COVID lockdowns, other drugs rise -EU report
LISBON, March 17 (Reuters) - The closure of nightclubs and bars during COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe is likely behind a significant drop in the use of party drug MDMA last year but consumption of other ...

Crypto crime hit record $14 billion in 2021, research shows
By Tom Wilson LONDON, dark market 2024 Jan 6 (Reuters) - Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record t ...

Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chai ...

Cross-border drug trafficking cases nearly doubled in four years…
THE HAGUE, April 19 (Reuters) - The number of cross-border drug trafficking cases referred to the European agency for prosecutorial cooperation nearly doubled in four years to 562 in 2020, dark web l ...

Most weapons on the dark web come from US, study finds
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> US guns make up as much as 60 percent of the weapons on sale ...

Germany busts international child porn site used by 400,000
BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world's biggest international darknet markets onion address platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 reg ...

Most weapons on the dark web come from US, study finds
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> US guns make up as much as 60 percent of the weapons on sale ...

U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian darknet market and crypto exchange
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market Dark Web Market Links site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operat ...

Europol says illegal marketplace "DarkMarket" taken offline
THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An online marketplace called "darkmarket url" that sold illegal drugs has been taken down in an operation led by German law enforcement agencies, European police agency E ...