Global sting involving encrypted communications platform developed by the FBI sparks series of raids and arrests around the world, delivering “an unprecedented blow” to crime gangs, law enforcement authorities say.
Operation Trojan Shield involved police swoops in 16 nations. More than 800 suspects were arrested and more than 32 tons of drugs — cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines and methamphetamines were seized along with 250 firearms, 55 luxury cars and more than $48 million in cash and cryptocurrencies.
The seeds of the operations were sown when law enforcement agencies earlier took down two other encrypted platforms, EncroChat and SkyECC. That meant crime gangs that traffic drugs and organize underworld hits around the world were in the market for new secure phones.“There was a void that was created by a lack of these encrypted platforms,” said Calvin Shivers of the FBI.
Intelligence gathered and analyzed “enabled us to prevent murders. It led to the seizure of drugs that led to the seizure of weapons. And it helped prevent a number of crimes,” Shivers said.
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