Archetyp Market Shut Down in Europe-wide Law Enforcement Operation

A Europe-wide operation (Operation Deep Sentinel) dismantled Archetyp Market, a five-year-old darknet drug marketplace with over 600,000 users and €250m in transactions; coordinated raids across six countries led to the platform being taken offline, the arrest of its administrator and other key participants, and the seizure of approximately €7.8m in assets. Authorities credited cross-border cooperation, forensic and financial investigations, and technical takedown of hosted infrastructure in the Netherlands; investigations remain ongoing and may lead to further arrests.