Romania probes two suspects over alleged hitman-for-hire website

Romanian authorities, acting on a UK request, searched locations in Bucharest and Ramnicu Valcea and seized significant cryptocurrency and cash while investigating two suspects accused of running a dark-web marketplace that facilitated alleged contract killings via cryptocurrency escrow to preserve anonymity; potential charges include organized crime, incitement to murder, and money laundering, and the report notes similar past cases where such sites were exposed as scams.