Europol’s TorNado operation has led to mass arrests and major seizures tied to darknet markets, with authorities reporting the seizure of more than 210 million euros worth of criminal proceeds and assets. More than three hundred people were taken into custody across 14 countries after hundreds of searches, during which police seized five tonnes of drugs and 57 firearms and ammunition, along with over 60 million euros in cash and cryptocurrency. The crackdown targeted darknet vendors and buyers operating through five large dark web marketplaces, including Archetyp, Bohemia, Nemesis, Kingdom and Tor2Door. Europol said the suspects used hidden infrastructure and connected servers and domains to carry out cyber-enabled crimes. Authorities also shut down parts of the malicious infrastructure behind three bad programs named Gootloader, CastleRAT and StealC, and took down 235 servers and 257 domains linked to the operations. Europol said these systems supported attacks such as ransomware and data theft. In addition to drug seizures, the operation included large quantities of multiple substances. Europol reported 950 kilograms of illicit drugs across participating countries, with the largest amounts including 150 kilograms of amphetamine in Germany and 150 kilograms of ketamine in the United Kingdom. Seizures also included MDMA in the Netherlands, cannabis in France, and significant quantities of cocaine. Police also seized “magic mushrooms”, THC-containing vape products, and more than one million prescription medicines. Europol said the operation identified 6.4 million victims whose registration or login details had been obtained by cybercriminals, who then sold stolen data or used it for later attacks. Europol did not describe charges or court outcomes. The operation’s latest status remains that suspects were arrested and held following the coordinated raids.