The European police broke another "safe» εφαρμογή ανταλλαγής μηνυμάτων και τηλεφώνων και συνέλαβε 42 κακοποιούς.
According to a statement from the Dutch police, Europol arrested 42 suspects and seized guns, drugs and millions in cash after another encrypted online messaging service used by criminals to collude was breached.
Police raided 79 facilities in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands after an investigation that began in September 2020 led to the bust encryptionof the service Exclude Messenger.
Exclu is the latest encrypted online service conversationς που ξεκλειδώνεται από τις αρχές επιβολής του νόμου. Το 2021 οι ερευνητές εισέβαλαν στο Sky E.C.C. – another “secure” application used by criminal gangs.
After police and prosecutors broke into Exclu's encrypted communications system, they were able to read for five months before the raids the messages that the criminals exchanged with each other.
Those arrested include users of the app, as well as its owners and controllers, their statement said. The strange thing is that Exclu's page is still online and continues to advertise it product of for 900 euros per semester.
The police of France, Italy, Sweden, as well as Europol and Eurojust were also involved in the investigation.
Police raids uncovered at least two drug labs, a cocaine processing facility, several kilograms of drugs, four million euros ($4,3 million) in cash, luxury goods and weapons.
