The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced the arrests of nearly 300 suspects as part of the international crackdown on fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the dark web that the authorities described as the most extensive investigation of its kind.
The operation, dubbed Operation SpecTor, spanned more than a year and was conducted in nine countries across the United States, Europe, and South America. It’s led by the DOJ’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement.
The sweeping operation led to the arrests of 288 defendants, the most ever in any operation and nearly double that of the prior investigations, U.S. officials said on Tuesday….