Operation DisrupTor was an international investigation targeting drug traffickers on the dark web.
Coordinated by the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement, the operation was initiated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
[1] The operation was announced on September 22, 2020 by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen at a joint press conference.
[3] The name of the operation is a portmanteau of "disrupt" and Tor, an open-source anonymity network that is often used to access the dark web.
[4][5] The investigation resulted in 179 arrests worldwide, in addition to 6.5 million dollars in seized funds (including digital currency) and 500 kilograms of drugs.