Dark," has been accused of operating Dark Scandals, websites that featured violent rape videos and depictions of child pornography. The dark web, also referred to as "darknet," refers to content that you don't typically access through regular internet browsing activities. Users could either pay for the videos using cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, or upload new videos to add to the Dark Scandals sites. The Dark Scandals investigation was jointly investigated by the IRS-CI (Washington, D.C.) and Homeland Security Investigations (Colorado Springs and The Hague). The dark web is not quite as dark today due to the hard work of IRS-CI and our partner agencies."

Source: Forbes March 13, 2020 17:14 UTC