U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian darknet market and crypto exchange

WASHINGTON, darkmarkets April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market Tor drug Market site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and darknet sites St. Petersburg.

The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and darknet market markets onion address currency exchange Garantex, darknet market markets published on the Treasury Department’s 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)