WASHINGTON, darkmarket link April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and darkmarket url a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and dark web market links St. Petersburg.

The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, darknet market websites published on the Treasury Department’s website, “send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet market or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)