The data from EncroChat has been a real boon to law enforcementorganized crime arrests in Germany soared by 17 percent following the police busts, and at least 2,800 people have been arrested . READ MORE: Encrochat 'Loadedsun' dealer jailed after returning from Spain, 35. His Encrochat handle was AtomicMantis and he was the first to be convicted on Merseyside as part of Operation Venetic. The Le Parisien report did not publish Paul Ks full name. Police arrested Yasin on New Year's Eve, and he and around 20 others are suspects in the case, with several believed to be linked to the criminal gang known as the Vrby Network. They were both then sentenced in connection to a gangland shooting in Warrington. There are others on what's on, politics, court news, Knowsley, Wirral, and arts & culture, as well as both Liverpool FC and Everton FC. "Money man" Allan, who used the EncroChat handle "MessyZebra", was previously jailed for two years for dealing cannabis in 2005. He also pleaded guilty to importation of Class A and B controlled drugs into UK, conspiracy to produce cannabis, conspiracy to convert criminal property for playing a leading role in drug importation, which saw police seize 18kg of cocaine concealed in children's Duplo boxes of Lego. Join more than 56,000 other people who are members of our Liverpool court cases and crime stories Facebook group and you'll get access to all the latest stories from court reporter Neil Docking. Liverpool's courts are some of the busiest in the UK, with a huge variety of cases being heard each week. Police have arrested more than 700 suspects, seized 54m in cash and tonnes of drugs in the UK's "biggest and most significant" operation ever against organised crime.. Officials said . He was jailed for six years and eight months. EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back . Encrochat, which charged 1,500 for a device on a six-month contract, sent out a warning to users in early June to say that its servers had been hacked by a government entity. EncroChat drug dealer Anthony Lenehan was the man behind the codename 'JetHawk'. Coordinated by Europol and specialist French investigators, the string of arrests comes two years after French police hacked into the encrypted messaging network, used by thousands of high end criminals to discuss drug deals, money laundering and violence. Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked. Dubbed EncroChat, the top-secret encrypted communication app comes pre-installed on a customized Android . Users of EncroChat were . He was jailed for nine years and nine months. 1) Go to our dedicated newsletter page at this link. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. Liam Garvey - ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. According to Dame Cressida Dick, the UK Metropolitan Police Commissioner, To join and get updates, click here and you can also follow Neil's Facebook page here. The system also had a panic wipe, which meant all data could be removed from the device by entering a four-digit code from the lock-screen. Details of the arrests were first published in French newspaper Le Parisien. British law enforcement officials say they have made their biggest ever breakthrough against organised crime after hacking into an encrypted . To get a behind the scenes look at how they work and the moments that don't make our stories, subscribe to our free weekly Echo Court Files newsletter, written by court reporter Neil Docking. READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded. July 2, 2020. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers planned to flood Merseyside with Class A drugs. Underworld banker Kevin Allan moved 1m of dirty cash for cocaine and cannabis bosses. He was caught when police recovered text messages from the EncroChat network. Photo credit: Reprieve. David Williams, 39, of Limekiln Lane, Vauxhall, was jailed for 13-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'RecoveryMan' boasts about the quality of his 'Charlie', Gavin Jones, 42, of Houlgrove Road, Vauxhall was jailed for 14 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. The police have managed to establish the true identity of the users by analysing their individual messages and personal information. 26-year-old Michael Townsend of Grant Road, Huyton was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court today, Tuesday 9 February. Last modified on Thu 2 Jul 2020 15.45 EDT. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. The 34-year-old, who also interchanged the spelling of his surname to "Badibango", was detained by detectives after a series of raids in Formby and another in Whiston, which led to him being taken into custody. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. He was arrested in April at Stansted Airport as he returned from Spain, where he had stayed for a few weeks. The six-man crime group from Warrington, Manchester and Hertfordshire were all involved in supplying drugs worth almost a quarter of a million pounds. Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands following the discovery of seven shipping containers converted into cells and torture chambers. 3) Tick as many boxes as you like, for each newsletter you want. The eight arrests are thought to be the first arrests of people involved in the setting up and running of EncroChat. Inside the containers was a dentist chair with straps and handcuffs. After locating the containers in April in Wouwse Plantage, near the Belgian border, police put the area under observation and found that multiple men were working on them almost every day. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The period just after 9/11 saw wrongful arrests skyrocket. 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Now he has been arrested in the Dominican Republic. Krusky appears to have a background working with internet service providers, according to forum posts and archived webpages. But when the secret messaging service was cracked by police last year, EncroChat users and their illicit dealings were uncovered. Image purporting to show drugs seized by police in a series of raids in SE London, Kent and Sussex yesterday (September 22). His Encrochat handle was Milliondolla. Sam Lewis, 30, of Mardale Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between March 20 and June 3 last year.. READ MORE: EncroChat boss 'KeySilver' stockpiled drugs over lockdown fears. Gangs are believed to have used the devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered. The identity of the crook who has adopted the name of the Reds' Brazilian shot stopper on the secret phone network remains a mystery. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs. They are just choosing to spend it more cautiously. Lenehan had connections to Dubai and exchanged messages suggesting his influence may have stretched to India and Iran. . EncroChat drug dealer Sean Moore also sold Covid 19 testing kits as a sideline during lockdown. Ahead of his big trip Talbot went on a two-week spending spree, buying himself more than 40,000 of Rolex watches. Luxton dealt in various class A drugs and said he 'remained in the game' after 380,000 worth of drugs was stolen and he had to repay the debt to 'TopsKing'. Demand for ANOM from criminal groups also increased after European investigators announced the dismantlement of the EncroChat platform in July 2020. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. Read about our approach to external linking. Several Scots household names are said to have been rounded up after a major crackdown on the EncroChat phone encryption network, leading to multiple arrests. The main target of the operation, according to the report, was a Canadian suspect called Paul K. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. Starting years ago in the Netherlands, Dutch police repeatedly arrested owners of firms that made PGP BlackBerrys, customised BlackBerry devices that had the ability to send encrypted emails. A military-grade encrypted communication system called Encrochat, allegedly used by organised criminals trading in drugs and guns, was hacked by police and their partners. READ MORE: Gang threatened to 'chop off ears' and hold iron to chest of pensioner, 39. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? Marsh was linked to the distribution of 25 kilos of cocaine, 110 kilos of cannabis and one kilo of ketamine. Then last year, U.S. authorities also charged Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of the largest encrypted phone company called Sky Global, with similar offenses. The major drug boss, who used the code name 'Bigmninee', was also known within the criminal underworld as a 'go-to man' for crooks who wanted guns. His EncroChat handle was LaughingStorm. According to Green, at the time Krusky worked with a Canadian company that wanted to sell secure phones, but it had no customers. Hundreds of innocent people were detained alongside real terrorists. As part of Operation Venetic, the UK law enforcement crackdown on EncroChat users, Derrane was arrested in his van in the Tingley area of Leeds on April 22 2020. The court heard how Roberts' involvement in the supply of class A drugs, totalled 11kg of cocaine worth 385,000, and 3kg of heroin worth 54,000. The 34-year-old kept his two EncroChat phones until March the following year, when police raided his house and exposed his multi-kilo cocaine business. UK law enforcement has made a massive breakthrough in the fight against serious and organised crime after the takedown of a bespoke encrypted global communication service used exclusively by criminals. 800+ arrests, seizure of 40 tons of drugs, 250 guns, 55 luxury cars, and over $148 million in currencies and cryptocurrencies: . Five of the men also conspired to commit a robbery in which they planned to tie up the victims at their home and cut off the ear of one of them. Police were able to prove he had supplied six kilos of cocaine and approximately four kilos of cannabis. Steven Nicholls, 41, of Ibbotson Lane, Aigburth, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit arsons with intent, conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and transferring criminal property. 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Two EncroChat drug dealers conspired to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis across Merseyside. Earlier this month Paul K's wife was also arrested, as were six other people suspected of being involved in the running of EncroChat, three in Spain and three in Dubai, the report adds. Cocaine dealer William Skillen was linked to a sinister drug gang who threatened to "chop off ears" and batter an OAP in a 500,000 robbery plot. Simon Roberts, 57, of Circular Drive, Greasby, was sentenced to 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Value for money and would buy again. PARIS The police in Europe said Thursday they had arrested hundreds of people on suspicion of drug trafficking and other crimes after successfully hacking into an encrypted phone . But 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. EncroChat, which offered a secure mobile phone instant messaging service, was a "criminal marketplace" used by 60,000 people worldwide for coordinating the distribution of illicit goods, money . He used the MagicCider handle between April to May 2020, before it was passed over to another dealer, his drug courier Craig O'Hare. In a joint operation, European and British law enforcement agencies recently arrested hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals after infiltrating into a global network of an encrypted chatting app that was used to plot drug deals, money laundering, extortions, and even murders. At the time, Motherboard did not name this EncroChat member due to the risk they faced being deeply involved in an encrypted phone company that ultimately led to the arrests of thousands of alleged organised criminals. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. The ANOM platform - unlike Phantom Secure, EncroChat, and Sky Global - was exploited by the FBI from the very beginning of ANOM's existence and was not an infiltration of an existing popular encrypted communications company. A drug dealer who used two EncroChat handles was brought to justice. Carlton had been involved in transporting 20kg of Class A drugs from May 1, 2020 for five or six weeks. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. Two of the suspects have also been detained for possession of weapons. Last month two EncroChat users were given life terms in May after being convicted of plotting a murder on the network, while James Harding, a Dubai-based British man alleged to be the head of on an international crime network, was charged with conspiracy to murder and cocaine trafficking. Now that Krusky has been arrested, Motherboard can add that the EncroChat member who sent the emails was Krusky. The drugs boss talked about importation runs from Colombia, St Lucia and Brazil, and also discussed his love of poker. Ward went by the name "StableToast", Carlton used the handle "StaleSloth", and another Merseyside man - who is still at large - was called "DampHedge". These emails were between people who worked with or on EncroChat. His EncroChat handle was NormalAir, READ MORE: BT engineer's double life as EncroChat user 'Normalair' who bragged about lavish contacts in Dubai. Townsend was convicted of conspiracy to supply cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property. Holgate admitted conspiring to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. Detectives discovered Dillon and Keating had used EncroChat to discuss the transfer of a "viable firearm" - referring to a pistol and revolver - and conspired with Garforth over the supply of Class A and B drugs. READ MORE: EncroChat cocaine boss with international links asked dealers to call him 'Jethawk'.
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