Hundreds arrested in global crackdown on dark web drug trafficking
Verified: 4 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 1 of them from Japan.
American and international authorities said they have arrested hundreds of alleged drug traffickers in a major global dark web crackdown.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
1 outlet from Japan, where the story is: Japan Today · how we count
- Nov 12, 5:32 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal police crackdown on dark web nets 350 arrestsstraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 12, 10:45 PM UTC+5 hGlobal police crackdown on dark web nets 350 arrestsjapantoday.com ↗
- Nov 13, 1:15 AM UTC+8 h354 Dark Web Vendors And Buyers Arrested In Europol-Coordinated Global Crackdowneurasiareview.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 1:15 AM UTC · +8 h
- Nov 13, 4:46 AM UTC+11 h· you’re reading thisHundreds arrested in global crackdown on dark web drug traffickingupi.com ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Europol-coordinated dark web crackdown (Operation TorNado) with 354 arrests across 14 countries, and none contradicts Report 1's general account of hundreds of arre
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