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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 ANOM's popularity surge Highlights More arrests and seizures are expected Crime groups have used phones like Phantom Secure to organise drug deals It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence,...
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 seeds of the sting were sown when law enforcement agencies took down a company called Phantom Secure th...