Why Your Personal Data Are Floating Around on the Darknet, Which Just Keeps Growing In June 2025, European police dismantled the drug marketplace Archetyp Market. The following month, the FBI announced Operation Grayskull resulted in 18 offenders receiving 300 years for child sexual abuse material offenses on the darknet. The FBI’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team reported 270 global arrests in Operation RapTor in May 2025, seizing large quantities of fentanyl from darknet drug traffickers.

• Archetyp Market, a darknet drug marketplace with over 600,000 users, was shut down by European police in June 2025.
• Operation Grayskull led to 18 offenders being sentenced to a total of 300 years for darknet child sexual abuse material offenses.
• The FBI’s Operation RapTor in May 2025 resulted in 270 global arrests and seizures of hundreds of pounds of fentanyl.
• These operations highlight ongoing efforts to combat illicit activities on the darknet, including drug trafficking and child exploitation.