Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops
Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the suspect they cuffed last night, who is charged with being the alleged mastermind.by the Australian Federal Police and faced five charges in a Sydney court today in relation to the development and administration of Ghost.
Ghost was used by different types of criminals and transnational organized crime groups , although it was mainly relied upon by drug traffickers,David McLean, assistant commissioner at the AFP, said:"As a result of our efforts, we will allege hundreds of criminals, including Italian organized crime, outlaw motorcycle gangs, Middle Eastern organized crime, and Korean organized crime have been using Ghost, in Australia and overseas, to import illicit drugs and to order the killing of...
These modded smartphones were sold for around $2,350 AUD each. This paid for the hardware itself and a six-month subscription to the Ghost platform. The AFP believes 376 handsets were active in Australia at the time of writing.The disruption of Ghost is a couple of years in the making. Europol and Eurojust's Operation Taskforce Next was established in March 2022 at which point other partners across the globe were invited to contribute.
"Law enforcement from nine countries, together with Europol, have dismantled a tool which was a lifeline for serious organized crime. This operation is what Europol is all about: Turning collaboration into concrete results by bringing together the right people, tools, and expertise to address every aspect of this complex operation.
"Our activity to date has resulted in 11 arrests and the seizure of €350,000 in cash, and I can assure you that there will indeed be further arrests. During our operation, we also targeted the key facilitators of this encrypted phone network, and importantly, seized a number of the suspect handsets."
"Because of the geography, the closing together with Albania and this area is very fundamental and crucial for this kind of investigation," he said."So, we hope that it will be just only a start for new law enforcement cooperation."
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