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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 ...
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 ...
BBC's incredibly dull Destination X is another huge waste of money
Even Rob Brydon can't save BBC1's dull and extravagant gameshow, plus the real-life horrors of Operation Dark Phone, The ...
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 ...
Corrupt police worker exposed by 6-word text message
The EncroChat phones were equipped with numerous features to help criminals, such as the ability for messages to ‘burn’ ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...