# Operation Tornado: Over 350 Arrests in Dark Web Opioid Crackdown

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120973141908611564
- Source account: [@TheJusticeDept](https://x.com/TheJusticeDept)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:02
- Published: 2026-11-13
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown) Today, the Department of Justice announced the successful conclusion of an international law enforcement operation targeting opioid and fentanyl traffickers on the dark web.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown?t=12) This opera- operation resulted in over 350 arrests worldwide, the seizure of drugs, weapons, and over 234 million dollars in illicit proceeds.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown?t=25) Operation Tornado was organized through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement Team, or J-CODE, in coordination with the Homeland Security Task Force and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation,

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown?t=38) or Europol. This operation represents the sixth and the most extensive internationally coordinated action since President Trump created J-CODE back in 2018, and builds on the success of last year's Operation Raptor.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/smIHELuP3UOd/en/operation-tornado-over-350-arrests-in-dark-web-opioid-crackdown?t=54) Thanks to the work of this operation, federal prosecutions are being conducted in more than 30 districts across the United States.