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Australia arrests dozens over app allegedly used by criminals worldwide
Authorities charge 32-year-old Sydney man over Ghost network allegedly used by crime gangs in multiple countries.
Australian police have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly building and administering an encrypted message app used by organised crime gangs around the world to traffic drugs and firearms, launder money and order killings. Jay Je Yoon Jung appeared in a Sydney court on Wednesday on charges related to the creation of the Ghost messaging platform, which authorities allege was “built solely for the criminal underworld”. The infiltration of the Ghost network comes three years after the FBI used ANOM, an encrypted messaging app developed by the US law enforcement agency, as a trojan horse to secure the arrest of 800 criminal suspects in 16 countries.
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