How investigators took down a darknet market named after Wall Street

One of the most recent shutdowns of a darknet market by government officials was Wall Street Market (WSM). Founded in 2016, WSM became among the largest marketplaces of its kind, with over 5,000 vendors on its platform who serviced more than 1.1 million customers.

This is the story of how U.S. law enforcement – working in collaboration with German and Dutch authorities – arrested the team behind WSM.