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Russian Authorities Announce Takedown of RAMP Dark Web Marketplace

September 19, 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu

 

Russian police acknowledged today that they were responsible for taking down RAMP [Russian Anonymous Marketplace] — a Tor-based market that primarily sold drugs — a Russian Interior Ministry official told Russian news agency TASS today.

 

The takedown took place in July, but Russian authorities never made their action public, continuing to investigate suspected criminals.

 

The news surfaced this morning when Deputy Interior Minister Mikhail Vanichkin made public a letter he sent to Anton Gorelkin, a State Duma member, who previously asked the Ministry about the measures they took to combat online criminality.

 

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