Europol shock operation: 6 thousand 558 people are detained…

In a written statement from Europol, it was indicated that a total of 6,558 people, of whom 197 were wanted as a priority, were caught up in the operations carried out worldwide against criminal organizations that were discovered to be using “EncroChat”.

In the statement, it was indicated that 115 million conversations belonging to criminal organizations were examined in “EncroChat”, which has 60,000 members, and it was determined that “EncroChat” was used in conversations related to arms and drug trafficking, murder and money. . money laundering offences.

In the scope of the operations, more than 300 tons of material used in the production of drugs and 923 weapons were seized, and assets worth approximately 900 million euros, 271 homes, 83 boats and 40 planes, 739.7 million euros. in cash, 154.1 million euros in the bank, were seized placed was registered.

RESEARCH STARTED IN 2017

The statement shared that the European Agency for the Development of Judicial Cooperation (Eurojust) supported the operations carried out around the world as a result of the investigation launched by the French security forces in 2017.

In the statement, it was indicated that thanks to the EncroChat software, messages cannot be tracked by security units and users can be deleted with their passwords. (AA)