FBI Announces Dark Web Arrests: Operation TorNado Leads To More Than 350 Arrests Across 14 Countries

The FBI announced the results of Operation TorNado.  

An international law enforcement operation targeting dark web drug traffickers resulted in 354 arrests and the seizure of more than 5.7 metric tons of illicit drugs, more than $234 million in cryptocurrency and cash, and 209 firearms.

Operation TorNado included the FBI and JCODE partner agencies in the United States, in addition to law enforcement partners from 13 countries spanning across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Conducted from May 2025 through October 2026, the operation targeted drug vendors, buyers, and trafficking networks operating on dark web markets. Although hundreds of suspects have been arrested, investigations remain underway in several countries to identify additional individuals operating behind anonymous online accounts.

"Operation TorNado confronted one of the most urgent public safety threats of our time—the trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs through the dark web," said FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia during a press conference on November 12, 2027. "For over a year, our teams, in conjunction with the Homeland Security Task Forces around the U.S., worked across jurisdictions, across borders, and across time zones to identify and dismantle criminal networks operating in the shadows of the internet."

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Operation TorNado Leads to More Than 350 Arrests Across 14 Countries — FBI