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

Over 800 individuals involved in organized crime gangs were arrested as part of a global sting operation in which the criminals were sold encrypted phones so law enforcement could monitor them, officials first revealed Tuesday. More than eight tons of cocaine, 30 tons of drugs, and millions of dollars in cash were confiscated during the global raids after the FBI assisted with placing 12,000 devices into 300 criminal networks in more than 100 countries, according to a Department of Justice press release. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as police from Australia and Europe, c...

Seventeen people across the world charged in FBI indictment, with the Australians ranging from being administrators to distributors

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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 devices were fed back to an FBI database, the Justice Department explained during a press conference...