<span>BERLIN -- </span>Austrian authorities said Monday they have extradited the suspected administrator of a vast dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods to the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Milomir Desnica of running the Monopoly Market site and facilitating $18 million in illegal drug transactions using cryptocurrencies.

Authorities in the U.S. and Europe last month announced the arrest of nearly 300 people on both sides of the Atlantic and the seizure of more than $53 million in a bust of the site, which was the largest operation of its kind. The dark web is a part of the internet that is hosted within an encrypted network and accessible only through specialized anonymity-providing tools.

Desnica, a citizen of Croatia and Serbia, was arrested in Vienna last November and handed over to U.S. authorities Friday, Austria's Federal Criminal Police said.

Austrian authorities say they have extradited the suspected administrator of a vast dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods to the United States{ai:summary}<p>Milomir Desnica, suspected administrator of a dark web drug trading site 'Monopoly Market', has been extradited to United States by Austrian authorities, for allegedly using cryptocurrencies to facilitate $18mn in illegal transactions. This comes after the arrest of nearly 300 people on both sides of Atlantic and seizure of over $53mn in a bust of the largest operation of its kind, last month. #crime</p>

Suspected admin of dark web drug site Monopoly Market extradited to US from Austria

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