Home
Forums
New posts
Contact Us
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Search All
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Contact Us
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Really good
Life
How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2326" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat" target="_blank"><strong>How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime - Vice</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots. </strong></p><p></p><p>Something wasn't right. Starting earlier this year, police kept arresting associates of Mark, a UK-based alleged drug dealer. Mark took the security of his operation seriously, with the gang using code names to discuss business on custom, encrypted phones made by a company called Encrochat. For legal reasons, Motherboard is referring to Mark using a pseudonym.</p><p></p><p>Because the messages were encrypted on the devices themselves, police couldn't tap the group's phones or intercept messages as authorities normally would. On Encrochat, criminals spoke openly and negotiated their deals in granular detail, with price lists, names of customers, and explicit references to the large quantities of drugs they sold, according to documents obtained by Motherboard from sources in and around the criminal world.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it was a coincidence, but in the same time frame, police across the UK and Europe busted a wide range of criminals. In mid-June, authorities picked up an alleged member <a href="https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/06/18/news/court-hears-police-uncovered-evidence-of-large-scale-supply-and-importation-of-drugs-on-encrypted-phone-1977585/#:~:text=DETECTIVES%20uncovered%20evidence%20of%20%E2%80%9Clarge,phone%2C%20a%20court%20has%20heard.&text=The%20accused%20had%20been%20sitting,a%20%E2%80%9Cblack%20encrypted%20phone%E2%80%9D." target="_blank">of another drug gang</a>. A few days later, law enforcement <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/news/5564093/irish-crime-gangs-drugs-seized-oranges-melons/" target="_blank">seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs</a> in Amsterdam. It was as if the police were detaining people from completely unrelated gangs simultaneously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2326, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat'][B]How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime - Vice[/B][/URL] [B]Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots. [/B] Something wasn't right. Starting earlier this year, police kept arresting associates of Mark, a UK-based alleged drug dealer. Mark took the security of his operation seriously, with the gang using code names to discuss business on custom, encrypted phones made by a company called Encrochat. For legal reasons, Motherboard is referring to Mark using a pseudonym. Because the messages were encrypted on the devices themselves, police couldn't tap the group's phones or intercept messages as authorities normally would. On Encrochat, criminals spoke openly and negotiated their deals in granular detail, with price lists, names of customers, and explicit references to the large quantities of drugs they sold, according to documents obtained by Motherboard from sources in and around the criminal world. Maybe it was a coincidence, but in the same time frame, police across the UK and Europe busted a wide range of criminals. In mid-June, authorities picked up an alleged member [URL='https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/06/18/news/court-hears-police-uncovered-evidence-of-large-scale-supply-and-importation-of-drugs-on-encrypted-phone-1977585/#:~:text=DETECTIVES%20uncovered%20evidence%20of%20%E2%80%9Clarge,phone%2C%20a%20court%20has%20heard.&text=The%20accused%20had%20been%20sitting,a%20%E2%80%9Cblack%20encrypted%20phone%E2%80%9D.']of another drug gang[/URL]. A few days later, law enforcement [URL='https://www.thesun.ie/news/5564093/irish-crime-gangs-drugs-seized-oranges-melons/']seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs[/URL] in Amsterdam. It was as if the police were detaining people from completely unrelated gangs simultaneously. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Really good
Life
How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top
