The Justice Department and Europol said Thursday that Operation TorNado has produced 354 arrests and the seizure of more than $234 million in cash and virtual currencies, in what the FBI called the largest takedown yet of dark web drug vendors and buyers.

The announcement came from the department’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team, or JCODE, an FBI-led group created in 2018. Officials said Operation TorNado is the sixth, and most extensive, internationally coordinated action since then, and that it builds on last year’s Operation RapTor. The sweep ran from May 2025 to October 2026.

Europol, which coordinated work with agencies in 14 countries, published a…

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