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"Consequently, Hydra has emerged as a hotspot for illegal crypto transactions in Eastern Europe, where cryptocurrency adoption is high."

Russian Darknet Market Hydra Records 624% Growth in 3 Years, Accounts for 75% Of Illegal Transactions cpomagazine.com/cyber-securityโ€ฆ
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"Geospatial data visualizations of Hydra transactional flows further confirm these seller restrictions with Russia by far the leading destination country..."

Investigating Hydra: Where Cryptocurrency Roads All Lead to Russia and Go Dark
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Geographic Distinctions in Darknet Market Activity: U.S. and Western Europe Have the Most Vendors, Eastern Europe and China Lead in Money Laundering
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"However, if we look more closely, we see that nearly all of the growth in darknet market activity we see in 2020 can be attributed to one specific market: Hydra." Image
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The story about that time the FBI tried to work with the FSB and SBU to catch the biggest cybercriminals in the world during Yanukovych's presidency.

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