Indian authorities arrest dark web drug ring leader for using Monero to launder money

On July 6, according to Decrypt, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India arrested Edison, a 35-year-old engineer from Kerala, on suspicion of operating the country's largest dark web drug trafficking group and using Monero to hide transactions. Indian authorities seized over $82,000.00 in crypto assets in "Operation MELON." For the past two years, the suspect has been operating a dark web drug trafficking gang under the alias "Ketamelon." Edison allegedly procured drugs from global suppliers, laundered the proceeds through the privacy coin Monero ($XMR), and shipped the drugs to various parts of India. [深潮 TechFlow]