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By MIKE CORDER, NICK PERRY and ELLIOT SPAGATtoday     Law enforcement officials walk past an Operation Trojan Shield logo at a news conference,

Hundreds arrested in ‘staggering’ global crime sting In all, officials said, they raked in some 27 million messages on phones which were used “exclusively” by criminals. Cops in 16 countries were able to read the messages of underworld figures as they plotted drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits on the compromised ANOM devices. Mafia groups, Asian crime syndicates, motorcycle gangs and other criminal networks were all monitored using the spiked phones as part of “Operation Trojan Shield.” The sting, jointly conceived by Australia and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation,...

Spy phones 'in gangsters' back pockets' leads to more than 800 arrests worldwide By Reuters Colin Packham and Toby Sterling Canberra/Amsterdam - A global sting in which organised crime gangs were sold encrypted phones that law enforcement officials could monitor has led to more than 800 arrests and the confiscation of drugs, weapons, cash and luxury cars, officials said on Tuesday. The operation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Australian and European police ensnared suspects in Australia, Asia, Europe, South America and the Middle East involved in the narcotics trade, the officials...

Global law enforcers are celebrating today after a three-year operation across 16 countries led to the arrest of 800 and the seizure of over 30 tons of narcotics. Europol described operation Greenlight/Trojan Shield as “one of the largest and most sophisticated law enforcement operations to date.” According to The Economist, it was made possible after the developer of an encrypted device service known as Anom turned informant back in 2018 . This allowed the FBI and the Australian Federal Police to effectively take over the distribution of Anom-equipped hardened devices to the criminal und...

Global Sting: Secure FBI-Run Messaging Network Tricks Crooks By Mike Corder and Nick Perry | June 9, 2021 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they said dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime in countries around the world. The operation known as Trojan Shield led to police raids in 16 nations. More than 800 suspects were arrested and m...