WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.
Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and dark web marketplaces web darknet market links a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and onion dark website St. Petersburg.

The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and Dark web link currency exchange Garantex, dark market 2024 published on the Treasury Department’s website, “send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet markets links or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” U.S.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)