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Officer who helped hack criminals' messages reveals the most 'chilling' thing he discovered
An officer who took part in a massive operation to hack criminals' encrypted messages has spoken out about the most ‘chilling’ thing he came across. The NCA’s investigation into EncroChat, an ...
Crimefighting chiefs feared police leak would destroy Encrochat probes that snared Scots gangsters
A LEAK threatened to compromise the National Crime Agency‘s Encrochat probe that went on to snare scores of Scotland’s most ...
Inside horrifying underworld torture chamber criminals used until bombshell discovery was made
A horrifying underworld torture chamber was used by criminals in the Netherlands until a huge discovery explored in a new ...
Operation Dark Phone: What was EncroChat and how was the mobile network used to take down gangs?
A NEW Channel 4 documentary will tell the story of a gripping international investigation into the criminal plans made via a messaging platform. Channel 4 aired the first episode of the ...
Murder by text: How police hacked an organised crime group chat
Your modern-day top-tier criminal is far from the Great Train Robber figure of yesteryear. Nowadays, they’re tattoo-festooned ...
Covert texts identify singer's son as drugs boss
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Thomas Hooton used the messaging service EncroChat to deal drugs worth about £1.3m and ...
Drug dealer son of iconic 1990s band’s lead singer who was snared by cops after finding messages about his dad is jailed
THE drug dealer son of an iconic 1990s singer has been jailed after being identified in texts linked to his dad. Thomas ...
'The Farm' singer's son jailed for £1.3 million drug operation
Thomas Hooton, son of Merseyside musician Peter, was identified by police through encrypted messages about his famous father ...
Operation Dark Phone: What is EncroChat and how did the National Crime Agency take it down?
A new Channel 4 documentary will tell the story inside the investigation - the ECHO explains what EncroChat was ...
EncroChat drug gang issued gun ‘blast’ and arson threats over Instagram account
MEMBERS of a Warrington organised crime gang have been jailed for more than 55 years over a ‘industrial’, multi-kilo drug ...
Top cop on EncroChat case tells how 'busting the network might have helped stop 200 murders'
When French and Dutch experts cracked the code for the EncroChat network, Britain’s National Crime Agency launched Operation ...
Taxi driver wanted to 'get busy' but now he is being 'eaten away by remorse'
The dad spoke of harming another dealer and stealing his stock while trafficking heroin, cocaine and cannabis using the ...