Hansa

Seized market First seen Aug 1, 2015 Last checked Jul 20, 2017

A Dutch-run market secretly seized and operated by police for weeks before shutdown in July 2017, harvesting data on AlphaBay refugees.

History

Jul 20, 2017 seizure Hansa shut down with a seizure notice
Hansa was shut down on 20 July 2017, the same week as AlphaBay, under Operation Bayonet.

https://www.politie.nl/en/news/2017/july/20/underground-hansa-market-taken-over-and-shut-down.html
Jun 20, 2017 milestone Dutch police secretly take control of Hansa
Dutch police took over the Hansa servers in June 2017 and ran the market covertly to gather intelligence on its users.

https://www.wired.com/story/hansa-dutch-police-sting-operation/