The Fall of EncroChat | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

The Fall of EncroChat | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In June 2020, EncroChat users received a flurry of panicked messages from the company claiming its encrypted network had been hacked by "government entities". What unravelled was one of the biggest hacks by law enforcement in history, who claimed many of its users are alleged organized criminals in Europe.

The hack was said to have revealed a litany of criminal behaviour - drug deals and shipments, money laundering and arms trafficking, corrupt police officers, a planning of a murder and even the discovery of a torture chamber, hidden within a shipping container.

But was the hack even legal? And what are the implications for the encrypted communications that many of us use everyday?

This podcast was based on the reporting of Joseph Cox at Motherboard, VICE News.

Guests:

Joseph Cox, Senior Staff Writer at Motherboard, VICE News.

Jake Moore, Cyber Security Specialist at ESET.

Edouard Klein, Intelligence-Driven Cybersecurity, Sekoia.fr

Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

Reading:

How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime, Motherboard

Encrochat Investigation Finds Corrupt Cops Leaking Information to Criminals, Motherboard

Encrypted Phone Network Says It's Shutting Down After Police Hack, Motherboard

Europol, Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) 2020

Al Jazeera, Opinion: The EncroChat police hacking sets a dangerous precedent

ComputerWeekly.com - Berlin court finds EncroChat intercept evidence cannot be used in criminal trials

ComputerWeekly.com - Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hears

Presenter: Jack Meegan-Vickers

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized...

Jaksot(49)

"Don't text or call me" - Part 2: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

"Don't text or call me" - Part 2: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

At the end of part 1, Otoniel we left him in sole charge of Clan del Golfo, the biggest organized crime group in Colombia.In part 2 "Don't text or call me", we look through the eyes of a man who goes ...

28 Maalis 202247min

"He's an animal" - Part 1: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

"He's an animal" - Part 1: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In late 2021, the leader of Clan del Golfo (The Urabeños) Dairo Antonio Úsuga, aka "Otoniel", was captured by the Colombian police. President Iván Duque said that the arrest was only matched by the fa...

21 Helmi 202234min

Killing in Silence: The Global Assassination Monitor | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Killing in Silence: The Global Assassination Monitor | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

An assassination is like a stone being dropped into the middle of a still pond – the splash is the violent act itself – the ripples are the repercussions, that spread far and wide – fear, intimidation...

10 Tammi 202233min

Plastics for Profit | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Plastics for Profit | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In this episode we look at the criminal involvement in the plastic waste industry.The lucrative global market in plastic waste is expected to be reach over $50 billion US Dollars by 2022. From Mafia g...

7 Joulu 202156min

Crossing the Line: India and Myanmar | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Crossing the Line: India and Myanmar | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In this episode we tell the story of a region, the "Seven Sisters", otherwise known as the Indian Northeast and one town in particular, Moreh, and the relationship with neighbouring Myanmar.Moreh sits...

27 Syys 20211h 1min

Fishy Business | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Fishy Business | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

This is a story of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, complex corporate structures, human trafficking, arms smuggling, corruption and the capture of state institutions.In this collabor...

6 Syys 202150min

Guinea-Bissau Part 2: Pau de Sangue (Blood Timber) | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Guinea-Bissau Part 2: Pau de Sangue (Blood Timber) | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In the wake of the 2012 'Cocaine Coup' in Guinea-Bissau the illegal logging trade exploded, largely driven by huge demand for rosewood logs in China - a species protected under international law.By 20...

24 Kesä 202125min

Cabo Delgado: Africa’s Forgotten Insurgency | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Cabo Delgado: Africa’s Forgotten Insurgency | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

On March 24th 2021, Islamist insurgents carried out an attack on the coastal town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The days of fighting, looting, massacres, private milita...

28 Huhti 202149min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

aikalisa
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
politiikan-puskaradio
tervo-halme
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
rss-vaalirankkurit-podcast
viisupodi
rss-podme-livebox
rss-asiastudio
otetaan-yhdet
the-ulkopolitist
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-kaikki-uusiksi
linda-maria
rss-kalevi-sorsa-saation-podcast
rss-hyvaa-huomenta-bryssel
rss-merja-mahkan-rahat
rss-kuka-mina-olen
rss-tasta-on-kyse-ivan-puopolo-verkkouutiset
rss-tekkipodi