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.

This opera- operation resulted in over 350 arrests worldwide, the seizure of drugs, weapons, and over 234 million dollars in illicit proceeds.

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,

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.

Thanks to the work of this operation, federal prosecutions are being conducted in more than 30 districts across the United States.