Bangladesh, May 14 -- A major international law enforcement operation has dismantled a notorious darknet marketplace known as “Crimenetwork,” uncovering a sprawling cybercrime ecosystem that investigators say relied on server infrastructure hosted in Moldova. Authorities from Moldova, Germany, and Spain, working alongside European judicial agencies, announced that the platform had become one of the most active underground hubs for cybercriminal activity in Europe before it was taken offline earlier this month.

According to Moldovan police, the platform operated as both an encrypted communication forum and a black-market marketplace where criminals could buy and sell stolen financial information, malware, forged documents, and...