An international joint operation dismantled a cryptocurrency money laundering gang involved in an amount as high as 390 million dollars

According to Cointelegraph, a joint law enforcement operation involving 11 countries dismantled the Audi A6 cryptocurrency money laundering gang and the Dark2Web market, which handled approximately $390 million in illegal funds between 2022 and 2025. Authorities arrested two administrators from Russia and Ukraine in Georgia, seized 25 domain names, over 30 servers, 80 vehicles, and froze approximately $900,000 in cryptocurrency. Audi A6 operated on a "mixing coins as a service" model, charging a commission of 3% to 10%, and could "clean" cryptocurrency in about an hour. Chainalysis reported that since 2021, the Audi A6 wallet received approximately 10,333 BTC, valued at around $389 million at the time of the transactions. The investigation involved the United States, Australia, France, Poland, Georgia, Iceland, Canada, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, coordinated by Eurojust and Europol. Law enforcement agencies identified over 6,000 fake KYC accounts created using stolen or purchased identities to transfer illegal funds.