Major crime figures were among 746 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded.
More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and £54m in suspect cash have been seized, says the NCA.
Damn. Good work, glad to see some competence still exists.
Let me guess, "crime" in this case means people posting non-communist things on social media.
From what information is out there, not so much.
The appears to be a proper police action, targeting legitimately organised crime.
Wil van Gemert, deputy executive director of Europol, told a press conference in the Hague that the hacking of the network had allowed the "disruption of criminal activities including violent attacks, corruption, attempted murders and large-scale drug transports".
For once, we seem to have the police doing their actual job.
The major cause of police (in the uk in particular) targetting social media and rudeness is a mix of having targets to hit, in order to justify funding, and not having the funds to do any serious, difficult policing. So they run speed cameras and go around telling people off for being rude on social media a lot more than they otherwise would.
Some of that is motivated by politics perhaps, but mostly it's just box ticking to hide how much the system is on fire.
This looks to have been a major multinational initiative, so there's significantly more funding available for the effort and a lot more organisational will to allow real police work to get done. Add in the fact that the operation boils down to the french got lucky and everyone else really just needed to sweep in and do the arresting and you've got that most rare of things.
A heartwarming police story that bends organised crime over a barrel and goes in dry.
Looks like they forgot technology is an arms race and got complacent after thiking they beat the system. Retards gonna retard.
Yep, it's a brave man who bets against the state actor in this field.
These idiots put all their eggs in one basket.
Damn. Good work, glad to see some competence still exists.
I'll add that 2 Tonnes is class A and B, so mostly pills and powder. That's some staggering street value to seize.
Eh, the ilegality of drugs is what causes the absurd profit margins, and all the attendant violence. The cops are bailing water with a sieve here.
As an eternal cynic I'd be willing to bet good money that this is targeted at one of the major rivals to the Islamic gangs.
Now you'll see a further encroachment as the Pakis and others move in to fill the gap.
BBC mentioned they were able to stop some dismemberment and acid attacks, so it sounds like they did, in fact, target the religion of peace.
Nice, getting real criminals for once.
Further info in the rest of the tweet chain. Interesting turn of events, today.
EDIT - Beeb article
Neat. Figured they probably just arrested a bunch of wrongthinking shitposters at first glance.
Nice work. Kind of demolishes the FUD about us not cooperating with the Euros post-Brexit as well.
Yes, yes, transition period, I know...
I'm surprised that it wasn't targeted against Wrongthink...
pleasantly surprised considering its the UK rainbow police hahaha
From what information is out there, not so much.
The appears to be a proper police action, targeting legitimately organised crime.
For once, we seem to have the police doing their actual job.
The major cause of police (in the uk in particular) targetting social media and rudeness is a mix of having targets to hit, in order to justify funding, and not having the funds to do any serious, difficult policing. So they run speed cameras and go around telling people off for being rude on social media a lot more than they otherwise would.
Some of that is motivated by politics perhaps, but mostly it's just box ticking to hide how much the system is on fire.
This looks to have been a major multinational initiative, so there's significantly more funding available for the effort and a lot more organisational will to allow real police work to get done. Add in the fact that the operation boils down to the french got lucky and everyone else really just needed to sweep in and do the arresting and you've got that most rare of things.
A heartwarming police story that bends organised crime over a barrel and goes in dry.
I'm in disbelief as well.
Am I reading good* fucking news in 2020? I'll be!
(* well at least not news that indicate the Clown ride just got 20 MPH faster)
Fuckin' A.
Tanks in Weston's Yard!