The U.S. Department of Justice and Europol announced on November 12, 2026, that Operation TorNado had led to 354 arrests worldwide, including 132 in the United States. Investigations ran from May 2025 through October 2026. Authorities reported seizing more than $234 million in cash and cryptocurrency, 5.7 metric tons of illicit drugs, 209 firearms and 38 pill presses.
Chainalysis said it linked the darknet vendor account BarbaraWhite to Stanislav Chernyshov and to at least 12 overdoses, including three deaths. Chernyshov and his brother were arrested and accused of distributing counterfeit pills containing nitazenes. Federal prosecutions were underway in more than 20 U.S. districts, while investigators continued trying to identify people behind other accounts. Europol cautioned that disrupted marketplaces were rapidly replaced as users moved to new platforms.
