Darkweb arrest: Australian man accused of operating DarkMarket, ‘world’s largest illegal marketplace’

German investigators have detained the alleged operator of DarkMarket, said to be the largest illegal online marketplace in the world.

DarkMarket was shut down on Monday and its servers, located in Ukraine and Moldova, were taken off the internet, prosecutors in the city of Koblenz said.

The alleged operator, a 34-year-old Australian man, was detained near the German-Danish border and remanded in custody.

“Until its closure, DarkMarket was probably the largest marketplace worldwide on the…