I found some quite interesting news. The U.S. Department of Justice has seized over $400 million related to the famous darknet mixing service Helix. The operator, Harmon, pleaded guilty to money laundering in 2021 and apparently received a three-year prison sentence last November.



Helix itself processed more than $300 million in cryptocurrency transactions between 2014 and 2017. It helped facilitate illegal fund transfers on the darknet. It seems that an official forfeiture order was issued on January 21st last month, but these darknet-related crackdowns tend to take quite some time.

Various assets like real estate and currency holdings have been seized, but crimes exploiting the anonymity of the darknet are still quite prevalent. I believe law enforcement is also advancing their tracking technologies.
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