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Stups, whitening, organized gang trafficking: justice drops the DFAS platform on the "Dark Web"

Published on September 12, 2025

The cybercrime fighting section of the Paris prosecutor's office opened today a judicial information on the activities of the "Dark French anti system" platform (DFAS) on the Darknet. In a press release, Laure Beccuau, a prosecutor of the Republic announced the seizure of the site and listed the grounds for prosecution: supply of platform to allow illegal transactions in organized band, intermediation or sequestration by means of an online platform with the object of implementing or facilitating an illegal transaction in organized band, organized band,criminals. A "criminal service tester rendered" DFAS has been an active platform since 2017 on the Darknet.In particular, it allowed the sale of drugs, personal data and tools allowing the commission of scams, weapons, or the exchange of anonymization councils. Two people were arrested on September 8, 2025. One was born in 1997 was suspected of being the creator and administrator of the platform, and his partner, born in 1989, would be an active contributor acting as "the trial of criminal services rendered". 12,000 members identified The two individuals were presented to the investigating judge for their indictment.More than 6 bitcoins (value of 600,000 euros) were seized. The prosecutor indicates that the investigations opened by Cyberdouanes (DNRED) in 2023 made it possible to note the constant progression of the platform which counted, before its dismantling 12,000 members having published more than 110,000 messages.The survey was then continued by the Anti-Cybercrime (OFAC) office, "whose specialized and complementary capacities have enabled the success of this operation".