3 minutes ago746 arrested after police decode top-secret criminal social network
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and weapons is “pend successfully”, the National Criminal Agency (NCA) said. The National Crime Agency had been working with various forces across Europe in the key “major and significant” operation of rule of law. Important picture [...]
The National Crime Agency had been working with various forces across Europe in the largest and significant “operation of rule of law”.
Important crime figures were among the 746 criminals arrested after messages at EncroChat were discussed and deciphered, the BBC writes, translates Periscopi.
More than two tons of drugs, a large number of weapons and 54 million pounds in cash have already been confiscated.
Officials are said to have prevented many people from killing by means of this operation, since they had secretly monitored plans for attacks and life threats in the encrypted message service.
According to this agency, this operation that had lasted for over three months would have the largest impact on organised crime gangs ever.
It is believed that about 60 thousand people, among them 10,000 Britons, were part of the Enco-chat French platform, which has already collapsed and doesn't work.
The system operated on adjusted Android phones, and according to the website, it offered “secure and unblown communication”.
The agency said that the message system had been used as a <x0DP criminal market” to coordinate first-class drug supplies worldwide, and to import various weapons.
