Law enforcement in the United Kingdom has touted the takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat as its "biggest ever" operation, so far resulting in the arrest of 746 individuals, the ...

A drug dealer's enjoyment of Blue Stilton cheese led to his capture and a sentence of over 13 years in prison. Carl Stewart, a Liverpool resident, was identified after he shared an image of cheese ...

The dismantling of an encrypted chat platform used by organized crime gangs (OCGs) has led to 6558 arrests in the past three years, including 197 “high-value targets,” according to Europol. EncroChat ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued a preliminary opinion which opens the way for data obtained from an encrypted phone network hacked by French police to be lawfully used as evidence in ...

French prosecutors have unlawfully invoked “defence secrecy” to avoid disclosing information about the hacking operation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network, a court heard yesterday. French ...

At a joint press conference on July 2, French and Dutch law enforcement and judicial authorities, along with Europol and Eurojust presented the impressive results of a joint investigation team to ...

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Four-year investigation shuts down EncroChat and busts 746 alleged criminals for planning murders, selling drugs and laundering money. European law-enforcement officials have shut down an encrypted ...

A County Armagh man who used encrypted communications platform EncroChat to carry out communications in relation to drug offences has been jailed. Brendan O'Callaghan, 37, from Armaghbrague Road in ...

Back in 2020, law enforcement agents across Europe had a major breakthrough in their fight against organised crime. They managed to crack into EncroChat – a secure encrypted messaging service which ...

A large number of the UK’s infamous heavy brigade have been arrested and may well be permanently out of business. The EncroChat network was vast, with special handsets used by tens of thousands of ...

A drugs queen who blew £100,000 on cosmetic work, designer clothes and gambling has been jailed for four years. Jodie Gilmour used the encrypted communication network EncroChat to launder huge sums of ...