FBI’s Largest Dark Web Drug Sweep Seizes $234M in Cash and Crypto

The FBI and international partners seized over $234 million in cash and cryptocurrency in Operation TorNado, a crackdown on dark web drug trafficking that led to 354 arrests. The DOJ and Europol targeted vendors and buyers tied to previously dismantled marketplaces. For crypto traders, the sweep reinforces law-enforcement scrutiny of illicit on-chain flows, a mild negative for privacy-coin and darknet-adjacent narratives, though it does not directly touch major assets.