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Dismantling of EncroChat encrypted network smashes organised crime
- Thursday | 2nd July, 2020
The information will be further analysed as a source of unique insight, giving access to unprecedented volumes of new evidence to profoundly tackle organised criminal networks. Europol has been actively involved in the investigations led by France and the Netherlands since 2018, relating to the provision and use of encrypted communication services by organised crime groups. This will help law enforcement to combat organised crime in the future more successfully. With more than 60 officers, the Gendarmerie leads the investigations targeting the EncroChat encrypted telephone solution under the supervision of the magistrates of the JIRS of Lille. The interception of EncroChat messages came to an end on 13 June 2020, when the company realised that a public authority had penetrated the platform.
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