Security News > 2023 > June > EncroChat Bust Leads to 6,558 Criminals' Arrests and €900 Million Seizure

Europol on Tuesday announced that the takedown of EncroChat in July 2020 led to 6,558 arrests worldwide and the seizure of €900 million in illicit criminal proceeds.

The law enforcement agency said that a subsequent joint investigation initiated by French and Dutch authorities intercepted and analyzed over 115 million conversations that took place over the encrypted messaging platform between no less than 60,000 users.

Confiscation of €739.7 million in cash.

Freeze of €154.1 million frozen in assets or bank accounts.

Seizure of 30.5 million pills of chemical drugs.

In June 2021, U.S. and Australian officials disclosed that they ran an encrypted chat service called ANoM for nearly three years to intercept 27 million messages exchanged between criminal gang members globally.

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