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Operation Desert Light #Encrochat in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UAE
A drug "super cartel" that controlled about a third of Europe's cocaine supply has been dismantled, police have announced. Dubbed...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 30
- 3 min
Jailed of #Encrochat: Drug gang who used encrypted messaging to discuss six-figure deals jailed
Messages on the EncroChat platform were obtained by police which showed the high-value deals involving ketamine were arranged over...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 30
- 5 min
News of #Encrochat: Organised crime group jailed for 30 years for drug dealing on a commercial scale
Five men who used an encrypted messaging service to discuss importing and transporting vast quantities of drugs have been jailed for more...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 30
- 4 min
What France’s Supreme Court Decision Re EncroChat Evidence Means for the UK 🇬🇧
Can intercepted communications be relied on in criminal cases? Section 56(1) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) provides...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 30
- 3 min
Scots cop who nailed EncroChat organised crime gang hailed after unmasking corrupt Royal Marines
Ministry of Defence Detective Constable Gary McArthur was tasked with unmasking five gangsters involved in the supply of drugs and...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 27
- 4 min
Crime of #Encrochat: How Kinahan pal Raffaele Imperiale blew €7m in ‘expenses’ in just three months
Kinahan gang associate Raffaele Imperiale spent an astonishing €7 million as a fugitive in just three months, with half described as...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 27
- 3 min
Convicted of #Encrochat: Drug smugglers’ accountant facing jail after Christmas
THE accountant for a drug smuggling gang has been warned he faces the prospect of jail in the New Year. Standing in the dock of Newry...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 27
- 3 min
News of #Encrochat: Stoke-on-Trent truckers and their boss embroiled in £100m money laundering scam
Five men working for a Stoke-on-Trent haulage company have been convicted for their part in a £100 million money laundering scam. Marcus...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 27
- 3 min
Tony McGarry username #Encrochat ‘RemoteRing’, was involved in the trading of heroin
Drug dealers who used an encrypted system joked about getting complaints from the mothers of children they were using to supply cannabis...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 27
- 3 min
Thomas Ives, was described as a "fool" by a judge for getting involved in EncroChat drug trafficking
Thomas Ives, 32, was described as a "fool" by a judge for getting involved in the conspiracy to supply cocaine between May 1, 2020, and...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 24
- 3 min
Sweden Trials of #Encrochat: Close to nine years in prison for drug offences
“Uppsala district court sentences the defendant for two cases of extremely serious drug crime, two cases of serious drug crime, 19 cases...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 24
- 3 min
EncroChat big drug deal? Investigations initiated against Berlin rapper Kontra K
The Berlin public prosecutor’s office has initiated preliminary proceedings against Kontra K. The successful rapper is said to have tried...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 24
- 3 min
Convicted of #Encrochat: Sefton man charged with Encrochat drugs offences
A Sefton man has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis using the Encrochat encrypted messaging...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 24
- 3 min
Met Police PC’s husband ‘traded kilos of cocaine and cannabis through EncroChat’
A Metropolitan Police officer’s husband used the EncroChat system to trade large quantities of cocaine and cannabis including drugs...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 24
- 3 min
Latest News of #Encrochat: Encrochat drug dealing suspect named after extradition from Holland
John Barton was arrested by police at Manchester Airport at 12.50pm on Wednesday, November 23. He was was charged with conspiracy to...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 23
- 3 min
#SkyECC & #Encrochat: Encrypted Phones Hack Exposes Bosnian State’s Ties to Crime
Evidence obtained from a crackdown on the Sky ECC encrypted messaging app has shed more light on the support that crime gangs enjoy from...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 23
- 5 min
Dutch lawyers raise human rights concerns over #Encrochat & #SkyECC hacked cryptophone data
Dutch lawyers have written an open letter claiming that defendants charged on the grounds of evidence from police cryptophone hacking...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 23
- 3 min
A “level of information” never obtained before with the hacking of #Encrochat & #SkyEcc in Balkans
Between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2021, investigators from these three countries succeeded in penetrating an encrypted...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 23
- 4 min
The Infiltration Of Sky ECC &#Encrochat Enabled An Unprecedented Crackdown On The Balkan Mafias
The specialized organized crime court in Belgrade has been transformed into a bunker, protected by hooded and over-armed police. Monday,...
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The DigitalBank Vault
- Nov 23
- 3 min
#SkyECC encrypted phones indictments less than #Encrochat indictments
The live surveillance phase, carried out jointly by the Belgian, French and Dutch services, ends with the first “Sky” crackdown by the...
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