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Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday

FBI and law enforcement partners in Australia and elsewhere scooped up and decrypted 27 million messages of drug traffickers, exposing global criminal networks.

Three-year operation culminates in police raids in 19 countries

Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting The investigation saw authorities monitor 27 million messages from 12,000 devices in 100 countries. By Reuters | Updated: 9 June 2021 13:38 IST Raids targeting users of another encrypted phone, Sky ECC, in March saw ANOMs popularity surge Highlights More arrests and seizures are expected Crime groups have used phones like Phantom Secure to organise drug deals  It too...

Encrypted-messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, where the internet is tightly controlled by the government. More than 800 suspects were arrested and more than 32 tons of drugs seized, including cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines and methamphetamines. Police also seized 250 guns, 55 luxury cars and more than $148 million in cash and cryptocurrencies. An indictment unsealed Tuesday in San Diego named 17 foreign distributors charged with racketeering conspiracy. The see...

2 hours ago US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in coordination with Australian Federal Police (AFP), ran a string operation by secretly operating an encrypted messaging app called Anom used by organized crime, leading to the arrest of around 800 suspects, a press release by Europol stated. The operation was revealed this week in a series of news conferences by law enforcement authorities in the US, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. This “is one of the largest and most sophisticated ...

FBI arrests over 800 criminals in a global sting using an encrypted messaging app called An0m

FBI touts arrest of hundreds thanks to fake app ZDNet 1 hr ago © ZDNet . Law enforcement agencies in 17 different countries hailed a multinational effort to disrupt multiple criminal networks thanks to AN0M, a platform controlled by the FBI and loaded onto custom smartphones.  ZDNet Recommends The smartphones were marketed in the criminal underworld and used widely among drug traffickers, weapons sellers, contract killers and more for about 18 months. Messages sent from the exclusive ...

Trojan Shield: FBIs California sting nets more than 500 arrests and seizure of drugs, guns and crypto FBI arrests more than 500 along with guns and drugs The FBI revealed details in a stunning law enforcement sting that spanned the globe and led to more than 500 people being arrested and the seizure of some 32 tons of drugs, 250 firearms, and nearly $150 million in cash and cryptocurrency, as agents quickly closed in on criminal rings that they had been monitoring for years. Jana Katsuyama repo...

OTTAWA, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News broke in the New York Times of the FBI and Australian federal police landing a major blow to transnational...