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AFP (federal police) infiltrates encrypted messaging platform Ghost allegedly used by criminal underworld

Technical experts managed to invade the ‘impenetrable’ platform in March. Here’s what they found.

The alleged mastermind behind an encrypted messaging platform used by the criminal underworld for large-scale drug trafficking, homicides and money laundering was a “computer geek” who police believe was motivated by profit. He faces charges of supporting a criminal organisation, benefitting from proceeds of crime and dealing in identification information and is expected to appear before Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday. The AFP operation was conducted alongside a global task force established by Europol to dismantle the platform including the FBI, French National Gendarmerie, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Irish Garda Siochana.

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