It was investigators in Germany, in 2019, who first turned their attention to the shadowy dark web entity, known as Tor, short for The Onion Router, in 2019. They managed to seize servers in Romania and Moldova that set off a ripple effect to other agencies around the globe, including the FBI and, in the UK, the National Crime Agency.
It started in Germany it appears.
"the shadowy dark web entity, Tor"
Damn. I love that these articles create singular entities out of things like this.
There is nothing "shadowy" about Tor, and it isn't even related to the dark web -- which is distinct from the deep web too.
Just ask the hacker known as 4chan.