One of the biggest ever dark web police stings leads to 150 arrests

Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations.

The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in buying or darkmarket link selling illegal goods online, Europol said today.

Operation Dark HunTOR also recovered millions of pounds in cash and bitcoin, as well as drugs and guns. 

The bust stems from a German-led police sting earlier this year taking down the 'world's largest' darknet marketplace.

darknet market markets are e-commerce sites designed to lie beyond the reach of regular search engines and are popular with criminals, as buyers and sellers are largely untraceable. 

Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects in one of the largest-ever dark web sting operations.

The suspects arrested included several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illegal goods online, Europol said today (stock image)

Dark HunTOR, 'was composed of a series of separate but complementary actions in Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, darkmarket link the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States,' the Hague-based Europol said.

In the United States alone, police arrested 65 people, while 47 were held in Germany, 24 in Britain, and four each in Italy and the Netherlands, among others.

A number of those arrested 'were considered high-value targets' by Europol.

Law agents also confiscated 26.7 million euros (£22.45million) in cash and dark web darknet market links virtual currencies, as well as 45 guns and 516lbs of drugs, including 25,000 ecstasy pills.