Hundreds arrested in global crime sting

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 09, 2021 12:25 am

Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday.

Policemen in 16 countries were able to read the messages of global underworld figures as they plotted drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits on the compromised ANOM devices.

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