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Of messages in "real time" describing murder plots, mass drug import plans and other schemes. here's the australian federal police commissioner on the conversations they could see. when you get access, and it will come out in court, you'll see that all they talk about is drugs, violence, hits on each other, innocent people who are going to be murdered. a whole range of things. so there's nothing about... it would be like, "i need 1,000 kilos at this price". very brazen. we haven't seen it done like that. no attempt to hide behind any sort of codified kind of conversation. so this appears to be...

Software and then was able to through international cooperation and international agreements cast a very wide net and, you know, not just disrupt drug imports, but murder plots, they even found six law enforcement officers who have now been arrested through the evidence they gain from this charged with corruption. and as you are describing there, some of this evidence, really brazen, taking picture of the fruit and fish and tuna cans with the evidence of drugs and narcotics there. so the fbi has certainly been using this years long efforts to really try to hit back at criminal gangs who think ...

>> reporter: t. >> today the australian government has struck a heavy blow against organized crime not just in this country but one that will echo around organized crime around the world. this is a watershed moment in australian law enforcement history. >> gabriella power from sky news australia with much more on the story. >> reporter: criminals and underworld figures were using this en represented app to communicate with one another. they plotted murders, were trafficking billions of dollars worth of drugs as well as engaging in other large scale criminal activity. now, little did they know ...

Tremendous innovation, dedication and unprecedented international collaboration, and the results are staggering. here's a but more detail about the operation. it all began after the fbi decided to target encrypted messaging services, thought to be used by organised crime. it first dismantled two existing services and then began operating its own encrypted device company called anom. devices with the chat app were distributed in the criminal underworld. australian police said the devices were initially used by alleged senior crime figures, giving other criminals the confidence to use the platfo...

By undercover agents. officers were then able to read millions of messages in real—time, openly discussing murder plots, drug—trafficking and money—laundering. the investigation has allegedly exposed criminals linked to south american drug cartels, as well as asian, middle eastern and european criminal syndicates. for nine months, we have been receiving intelligence to build criminal cases and we have also had information that has helped us to prevent more than ten planned murders within sweden. this is a major hit to international organised crime — one that will shake the confidence i...