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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12519

3 July 2020
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
Dismantling EncroChat, global encrypted communications network used by criminal organisations
Brussels, 02/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

French and Dutch judicial and police authorities announced on Thursday 2 July that the global encrypted communications network EncroChat, widely used by criminal organisations, has been decommissioned.

A joint investigation between France and the Netherlands had been set up with the support of Eurojust and Europol and made it possible to intercept and decipher in real time, without the senders’ knowledge, millions of messages exchanged between criminals with the aim of planning violent...

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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
SECURITY - DEFENCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BREACHES OF EU LAW
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS