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

The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, dark market onion 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)