WASHINGTON, dark web market April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and darknet market links St. Petersburg.
The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, published on the Treasury Department’s onion dark website, “send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet market or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)