The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has shut down 36 web sites that it said were trading in stolen credit card information, including http://ccstore.biz and http://cvvplaza.com.

Here's a twitpic of what the suspended websites look like:  http://twitpic.com/9e0166/full.

This is significant.  Although hacktivism has gotten a ton of attention in recent months, for-profit hacking continues at a costly rate and taking these sites offline is a serious blow.  

Interestingly, law enforcement seems to be conducting arrests in batches--arresting or suspending criminal gangs as a network vs individually.  Just as all of Lulzsec was arrested, now a network of carder sites is paralyzed.  And this approach makes sense since it can help eliminate a swath of criminal activity while potentially scaring others from filling the void.