Operation DisrupTor

{{Short description|Multinational operation against opioid trafficking}}

{{Infobox law enforcement operation

|name = Operation DisrupTor

|type = Drug Enforcement

|planned_by = U.S. FBI, U.S. DEA, U.S. ICE, U.S SS, U.S. USPIS, U.S. IRSCI, U.S. ATF

|executed_by = United States, Canada, Europol

|target = Dark Web Drug Traffickers

|date_executed = ≈2020

|arrested_number = 179

|misc_results = Seizures: $6.5Million Cash and Digital currency, 500kg drugs

}}

Operation DisrupTor was an international investigation targeting drug traffickers on the dark web. Coordinated by the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement, the operation was initiated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The operation also included assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,{{cite web | url=https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-supports-extensive-international-operation-targeting-darknet-opioid | title=ICE HSI supports extensive international operation targeting Darknet opioid traffickers | ICE | date=30 May 2024 }} United States Secret Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and local law enforcement agencies.{{Cite web|title=FBI Director Christopher Wray's Remarks at Press Conference on Operation DisrupTor — FBI|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-christopher-wrays-remarks-at-press-conference-on-operation-disruptor|access-date=2020-09-22|website=www.fbi.gov|language=en-us}}

The operation was announced on September 22, 2020 by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen at a joint press conference.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-22|title=Global police sting against dark net drug sales nets 179|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200922-global-police-sting-against-dark-net-drug-sales-nets-179|access-date=2020-09-22|website=France 24|language=en}} The name of the operation is a portmanteau of "disrupt" and Tor, an open-source anonymity network that is often used to access the dark web.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-22|title=Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen Delivers Remarks at Announcement of Results of Operation Disruptor|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-jeffrey-rosen-delivers-remarks-announcement-results-operation|access-date=2020-09-22|website=www.justice.gov|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Luke |date=September 22, 2020 |title=DOJ announces largest drug, gun and cash seizure in darknet history |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-announces-largest-drug-gun-cash-seizure-darknet/story?id=73166989 |access-date=2020-09-22 |website=ABC News |language=en}}