Draft:Operation SaboTor

Operation SaboTor was an operation from January to March 2019, coordinated by the Justice Department’s J-CODE team and Europol, which targeted drug buyers and sellers on the darknet on Wall Street Market and Valhalla Market (also known as Silkkitie).

Wall Street Market
Wall Street Market, a target of Operation SaboTor, was one of the most popular markets on the dark web. Wall Street Market specialized in selling illegal products, including drugs (such as cocaine and heroin), and digital items (such as stolen data, malware and documents). It was popularized due to their unique transaction system for payments and products.

Valhalla Market
Valhalla Market, also known as Silkkitie, was the second target of Operation SaboTor, and was one of the oldest darknet marketplaces. Valhalla Market had over 30,000 products listed.

Results
Operation SaboTor resulted in 61 arrests and the removal of 50 accounts. The seizure of both markets resulted, additionally, in the seizure of €550,000 in cash, servers, Bitcoin and Monero connected to the markets, 51 firearms, and 14 vehicles.

History
October 2013 Valhalla Market is opened, under another name

~ July 2015 Valhalla Market (under another name), rebrands to its new name, “Valhalla Market.”

11 January, 2019 Operation SaboTor begins

12 March, 2019 Operation SaboTor concludes

May 2019 Wall Street Market’s Tor website is seized, followed by the seizure of Valhalla Market’s Tor website. German police arrested those involved with Wall Street Market, and Finnish police arrested those involved in Valhalla.