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Local police join multinational takedown of online marketplace used by criminals to buy and sell personal data

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Australian police have participated in a multinational raid on an online cybercrime marketplace, arresting 10 suspects in three states and seizing computers, drugs and cash.

A coalition of 44 law enforcement agencies – including from the US, UK, the Netherlands and Australia – shut down the cybercrime website Genesis Market and executed over 100 arrests around the world on Tuesday.

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