Dark web hitman identified through crypto-analysis

Europol supported the Italian Postal and Communication Police (Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni) in arresting an Italian national suspected of hiring a hitman on the dark web. The hitman, hired through an internet assassination website hosted on the TOR network, was payed about €10 000 worth in Bitcoins to kill the ex-girlfriend of the suspect. 

Article Link: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/dark-web-hitman-identified-through-crypto-analysis