Dozens of people have been arrested in an international police operation in connection with the modified smartphones, which sold for around £1,200.
An encrypted communication platform called Ghost, which was allegedly used to traffic drugs, launder money and order killings, has been dismantled. The international operation led to the arrests of 51 people, including 38 in Australia, 11 in Ireland, one in Canada and one in Italy belonging to the Sacra Corona Unita mafia group, according to Europol.
The app's alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, appeared in a Sydney court on Wednesday facing charges including supporting a criminal organisation and benefitting from proceeds of crime. He has not yet entered pleas and will be held in custody until his next appearance in November.
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