PANews reported on June 12th, citing Cointelegraph, that a joint law enforcement operation involving 11 countries dismantled the AudiA6 cryptocurrency money laundering ring and the Dark2Web marketplace. This group processed approximately $390 million in illicit funds between 2022 and 2025. On June 10th, authorities arrested two Russian and Ukrainian administrators in Georgia, seizing 25 domains, over 30 servers, 80 vehicles, and freezing approximately $900,000 in cryptocurrency. AudiA6 operated on a "mixing-as-a-service" model, charging a 3% to 10% commission, and could "cleanse" cryptocurrency in about an hour. A Chainalysis report stated that since 2021, the AudiA6 wallet had received approximately 10,333 BTC, with a transaction value of approximately $389 million.
The investigation, involving the United States, Australia, France, Poland, Georgia, Iceland, Canada, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, was coordinated by Eurojust and Europol. Law enforcement agencies identified over 6,000 fake KYC accounts created using stolen or purchased identities to transfer illicit funds.
