An unidentified man is led away by police officers during a raid by the UK National Crime Agency and police in Birmingham, England, June 26, in relation to an investigation on Encrochat. — Jacob King/PA via AP
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: European police delivered a major blow to organised crime after cracking an encrypted communications network, allowing them to covertly watch "over the shoulder” of criminals in real time as they planned drug trafficking, arms sales, assassinations and torture, officers announced July 2.
The massive cross-border probe started in 2017 when French police began investigating phones using the EncroChat secure communication tool and ultimately were able to work around the encryption to gain direct access to users' communications.
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