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Jun 7, 2021, 8 tweets

#BREAKING International police announce 'most sophisticated' organised crime sting

#UPDATES A coalition of law enforcement agencies across dozens of countries gained access to an app used by the criminal underworld, allowing police to see their encrypted messages, the Australian Federal Police say

"World's most sophisticated" sting

Law enforcement agencies from Australia, Europe, New Zealand and US reveal vast 3-year global operation to infiltrate encrypted phones with violent criminal groups, resulting in hundreds of arrests u.afp.com/U8WK

#BREAKING 800 arrested worldwide in huge crime sting: Europol

#BREAKING FBI says 'staggering' crime sting saved 100 lives

VIDEO: Australian police raid properties and seize evidence in the eastern state of New South Wales as part of a three-year global operation to infiltrate criminal groups with FBI-operated encrypted phones, resulting in hundreds of arrests worldwide

#UPDATE Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday
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ANOM global phone sting: What we know
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