Hansa Market seizure

Dutch authorities seized Hansa Market in June 2017, covertly operated it for roughly a month, and then took it offline as the AlphaBay shutdown was announced. The final seizure notice is preserved here at full resolution.

Current assessment: ONLINE → SEIZED. Supporting sources appear below.

BEFORE

No reliable pre-takeover capture of this retired Tor v2 address was found in the public web archives reviewed.

AFTER

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1. 01 Jun 2017 ONLINE → CHANGED OWNER

   Dutch authorities seized Hansa's infrastructure and began covertly operating the market.

2. 20 Jul 2017 CHANGED OWNER → SEIZED

   Hansa was taken offline and its law-enforcement seizure notice was made public.

Domain

hansamkt2rr6nfg3.onion

Category

darknet market

Current status

SEIZED

Previous status

ONLINE

First seen

Not confirmed

Last seen

Not confirmed

Changed at

20 July 2017

Action type

covert takeover followed by marketplace shutdown

Agency

Dutch National Police, Europol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration

Registrar

Not confirmed

Hosting provider

Not confirmed

Country

Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania, United States

Related operation

Operation Bayonet

Dutch authorities seized Hansa Market in June 2017, covertly operated it for roughly a month, and then took it offline as the AlphaBay shutdown was announced. The final seizure notice is preserved here at full resolution.

No replacement domain or mirror has been confirmed.

Related archive records

• AlphaBay marketplace seizure — pwoah7foa6au2pul.onion

Visual similarity alone is not treated as evidence of common ownership. Websites can copy each other. This remains one of the internet’s more dependable features.

1. AlphaBay, the Largest Online Dark Market, Shut Down

   U.S. Department of Justice

   Type: official law-enforcement announcement · Published: 20 July 2017 · Accessed: 26 July 2026

2. Hansa seizure banner

   seized.fyi

   Type: seizure-banner archive · Published: 20 July 2017 · Accessed: 26 July 2026

Before snapshot

Not preserved

After snapshot

Available

Official confirmation

Not confirmed

Exact takedown time

Not confirmed

Last reviewed

26 July 2026

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