Major Darknet Market Drug Networks Dismantled in Global Operation RapTor

• A sweeping crackdown on darknet activity resulted in 270 arrests and record seizures of drugs, firearms, and illicit profits.
• Authorities confiscated close to 80,000 counterfeit Adderall pills and two industrial pill press machines.
• The infrastructure of notorious names such as Nemesis, Tor2Door, Bohemia, and Kingdom Markets was impacted.

On May 22, 2025, law enforcement agencies worldwide concluded Operation RapTor, dismantling some of the largest criminal networks facilitating the trafficking of fentanyl and other narcotics via the darknet. 

Authorities executed 270 arrests across ten countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, and Switzerland.

Seizures included more than $200 million in cash and digital assets, over two metric tons of drugs (with 144 kilograms of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics), and more than 180 firearms, to which ICE Homeland Security Investigations significantly contributed. 

These coordinated actions targeted darknet vendors, buyers, and administrators, directly undermining the infrastructure of notorious markets such as Nemesis, Tor2Door, Bohemia, and Kingdom Markets.

“This record-breaking operation sends a clear message to every trafficker hiding behind a screen — your anonymity ends where our global reach begins,” said ICE acting Director Todd Lyons.

“Thanks to the unwavering efforts by ICE HSI, Europol, and our international partners, we’re cracking the code of the so-called ‘safe spaces’ for cybercriminals — they are in our sights and we’re not backing down,” Todd Lyons further added.

This initiative, coordinated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Europol, the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, and numerous international partners, represents the most significant takedown in JCODE’s history.

The operation’s impact was amplified through global coordination and sharing of intelligence. Case outcomes reinforce the gravity of the threat and the sophistication of cyber-enabled narcotics crime. 

“Cybercriminals think the Darknet makes them untouchable — we just proved they’re dead wrong,” said ICE HSI acting Executive Associate Director Robert Hammer.

“HSI is on the front lines of a digital battlefield, deploying cutting-edge tech, relentless enforcement, and global coordination to hunt down these predators. Cybercrime is a global threat, and that’s why we’re committed to working hand-in-hand with our partners at Europol and across the world to dismantle these networks together. If you profit from pain online, we’re looking for you — and you’ll soon learn that no corner of the internet is beyond our reach,” Robert Hammer concluded.

Recent prosecutions included Incognito Market’s founder, Rui-Siang Lin, who pleaded guilty to charges of narcotics conspiracy, money laundering, and conspiracy to sell adulterated and misbranded medication, and convictions of Adan Ruiz, Omar Navia, Michael Ta, and Rajiv Srinivasan for distributing fentanyl-laced pills to customers in all 50 U.S. states.