Security News > 2023 > June > EncroChat dismantling lead to 6500 arrests, EUR 900 million seized

Worldwide, 6558 arrests follow the dismantling of EncroChat, a tool favored by organized crime groups.

Nearly EUR 900 million in criminal funds have been seized or frozen.

The dismantling of EncroChat in 2020 sent shockwaves across OCGs in Europe and beyond.

OCGs worldwide illegally used the encryption tool EncroChat for criminal purposes.

Investigations into the alleged criminal conduct of the company operating EncroChat were restarted by the French Gendarmerie Nationale in 2017, after discovering that the phones were regularly found during operations against OCGs.

EncroChat sold cryptotelephones for around EUR 1000 each, on an international scale.

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