Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin, last night said the Garda worked “in close co-operation with European and international partners” to investigate organised crime, adding it did not comment on those activities. “An Garda Síochána’s success in tackling organised crime is evidenced by the significant seizures in recent years of large quantities of drugs, cash and firearms from organised crime gangs, as well as major CAB operations to seize assets from individuals involved in organised crime,” it added. Europol, the European Union’s police agency, described the use of Anom to infiltrate organised crime as the “biggest ever law-enforcement operation against encrypted communication”. Criminal gangsThe Anom encrypted messaging system was being used by an estimated 300 crime gangs across 100 countries. The Swedish police said they had thwarted 10 gangland murders that were being planned via messages on the Anom system.

Source: The Irish Times June 09, 2021 01:52 UTC