UK's NCA shutters 400 'dark web' sites in operation Project Protein
The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has helped to close 400 'dark web' sites involved in various illegal activities under an operation dubbed Project Protein.
The takedowns were part of the NCA's involvement in the shut down of the Silk Road 2.0 website by the FBI.
"Over the months since the original Silk Road was taken down, we have been working with partners in the US and Europe to locate technical infrastructure key to the dark web, and to investigate individuals suspected of significant involvement in illegal online marketplaces," said Roy McComb, deputy director of the NCA. "Those arrested by the NCA in this phase of the operation are suspected of setting up Silk Road 2.0, or of being significant vendors of illegal drugs."
