In an official statement, the Drug Enforcement Administration warned that 27 percent of the pills seized between January and March of this year contained fentanyl. According to the DEA, Mexican cartels are manufacturing these counterfeit pills and distributing them throughout the United States. Read more

The BBC launched a Tor version of its international news website in an attempt to thwart censorship in regions where access to the BBC News website is blocked or limited. The onion service provides access to the BBC's international news website and includes several foreign language services. Read more

In October, officials at the Customs Office in Vienna opened an investigation into a 22-year-old who had ordered several packages of marijuana from the darkweb to sell locally in Austria. Read more

Law enforcement in Salzburg, Austria, arrested a 19-year-old for purchasing counterfeit euros from the darkweb and spending them at local businesses. In addition to the counterfeit currency charges, the teenager faces charges for possessing almost 200 grams of cocaine. Read more

For reasons unknown but possibly related to the recent DeepDotWeb shutdown, another darkweb news website ended operations on May 9, 2019. They gave no explanation as to why they shut down. Read more

The United States Department of Justice announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of running DeepDotWeb and earning more than 15 million dollars via commissions. Read more

Eric Eoin Marques, the alleged admin and owner of the former darkweb hosting service "Freedom Hosting," has been extradited to the United States to stand trial for a number of child pornography distribution and advertising crimes. Read more

Officials of the District Police Command were able to investigate three people who wanted to import narcotics from the Netherlands via the darknet through the mail. Read more