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βThe indictment alleges that Sky Globalβs network facilitated international crime across the world..."
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Sky Global Executive & Associate Indicted for Providing Encrypted Communication Devices to Help Global Drug Traffickers Avoid Law Enforcement justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/sβ¦
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βSky Global installs sophisticated encryption software in cellphones that allow users to communicate with each other in a closed network through encrypted servers in Canada & France.β
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"Sky Global generated hundreds of millions of dollars providing a service that allowed criminal networks around the world to hide their international drug trafficking activity from law enforcement."
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βThis case is another example of IRS-CI working closely with our international partners to follow the money and bring significant criminal activity to light.β
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"The combined efforts of the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) ensure that these types of illicit behavior are identified, tracked, and ultimately prosecuted on a global-scale.β
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"In addition, on March 10, 2021, Europol announced that judicial & law enforcement authorities in Belgium, France and the Netherlands had *wiretapped Sky Globalβs servers* and monitored hundreds of millions of messages by Sky Globalβs users."
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"The European investigation resulted in hundreds of arrests, the seizure of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine, hundreds of firearms, and millions of Euros."
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"In 2018, the principals of another communications encryption company, Phantom Secure, were indicted...for their roles in providing encrypted devices to criminal groups."π€
"The man who reportedly sold the lottery ticket that won a $1.537 billion jackpot in South Carolina in 2018 has been arrested & charged w/ 5 counts of tax evasion."
"The anonymous sole winner of a $1.5 billion US Mega Millions drawing has come forward to claim the jackpot, choosing to collect a record one-time cash sum of more than $877 million."
SC lottery winner claims record $877 million cash prize reut.rs/2EMucug
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Excited overnight 'philanthropist' waited 5+ months to claim the prize.π€
βWords canβt describe the feeling of such incredible luck,β the winner (who chose to remain anonymous) said.
"What we absolutely won't do is take personnel advice from a talk show host *or the Chinese military*. Maybe those folks feel like they have something to prove β that's on them." - Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby
Kirby was responding to Tucker's comment that "the Chinese military is catching up to the U.S. military because it does not allow women to serve in the percentage the United States does."
[Coincidentally - Fun fact π regarding Robert Thomson, current CEO of News Corp.]
"Of the US$245 billion lost each year to corporate tax abuse, over 2/3 are extracted by jurisdictions that are members of the main org responsible for writing the global standards..."
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βThe operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network & seizing the criminal assets of the distributors."
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"The cracking of the expensive messaging app called Sky ECC was what allowed over 1,500 police officers across Belgium to be simultaneously deployed in at least 200 raids."
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"The operation is targeting organised crime, including not only drug traffickers themselves but also informants, money launderers, and people who have accepted bribes..."
"In fact, the study found that among far-right sources, those known for spreading misinformation significantly outperformed non-misinformation sources."π€
Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much npr.org/2021/03/06/974β¦
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"It's almost twice as much engagement per follower among the [far-right] sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation," Edelson said.
"So, clearly, that [far-right] portion of the news ecosystem is behaving very differently."π€
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Here is the study page by Cybersecurity for Democracy.
"Center and left partisan categories incur a 'misinformation penalty', while right-leaning sources do not."π€
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"The force will pursue members of the ELN -- the last active guerrilla group in Colombia, as well as drug gangs and ex-FARC rebels who have abandoned the terms of a 2016 peace deal."
Colombia launches 'elite force' to hunt rebels, drug gangs f24.my/7Pgw.T
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Duque did not refer to Venezuela. When he first announced the creation of the elite force earlier this month, he said many of its targets "are protected in Venezuela" though he did not mention direct military action in the neighboring country.
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"Residents of Buenaventura, an important port city in western Colombia, have been caught in a crossfire between 2 warring criminal structures."