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A website used by criminals to buy and sell credit card details and bank log-ins has been shut down after a police operation. Darkmarket ran for three years and led to fraud totalling millions of pounds.
Nearly 60 people connected with the site have been arrested in cities including London and Manchester as well as Germany, Turkey and the US.
The site gave criminals access to a wide range of valuable personal information including corporate credit cards belonging to frequent business travellers so that they could spend large amounts of money all over the world without arousing suspicion.