Simon Roberts, 57, of Circular Drive, Greasby, was sentenced to 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. Several Scots household names are said to have been rounded up after a major crackdown on the EncroChat phone encryption network, leading to multiple arrests. Two drug dealers involved in a huge cocaine plot were arrested as they tried to board a flight to Spain at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Jack Pritchard, 29, of Mavis Drive, Coppull, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs cocaine, and was sentenced to 10 years. READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. READ MORE: 'Bro we be multimillionaires in three months haha' boasted dealer. 10 The Salad Terrorist. EncroChat conversations between Simon Roberts, who used the names 'MajorFox' and 'FanaticFirm' and other members of the conspiracy revealed that on one occasion he was entrusted with 8kg of cocaine and 485,000 in cash. An EncroChat drug gang moved nearly 500,000 of amphetamine branded with pictures of The Beano character Billy Whizz. Dubbed EncroChat, the top-secret encrypted communication app comes pre-installed on a customized Android . He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply each of the drugs and was jailed for 16 years. A top EncroChat drugs boss was busted after police identified him through his Costco membership. Three suspects accused of being part of an organised crime gang have appeared in court after police penetrated the secret messaging site EncroChat in Britain's biggest-ever crime bust.. North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) detectives launched an undercover surveillance operation in February 2020. So far, around 800 people, including some prominent crime figures, have been arrested from different parts in Europe using information acquired through EncroChat. Harding was jailed for 18 years and five months. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. The NCA and European partners shared data from the encrypted communication system EncroChat with the Met Police, which led them to make over 170 arrests and seize 13.4 million pounds in cash . He was jailed for eight and a half years. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. When contacted by VICE World News, Europol said it could not confirm the arrests because they are part of an ongoing operation, and expressed frustration that details of the arrests had been published in French media. The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has made 746 arrests and dismantled dozens of organized crime groups after intercepting millions of encrypted text . When you've made your choice, press the Save Changes button at the bottom. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. 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EncroChat dealer George Marsh 's international crime network was destroyed by personal messages he sent to his contacts. O'Hare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, transported drugs for Harding and supplied up to three kilos of Class A drugs and 10 kilos of cannabis. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. Mathew Badibanga used the EncroChat nickname "Bagbangboomboom" to make "vast profits" using the encrypted phone service. The BBC's Tom Symonds is shown how a customised Android phone with EncroChat installed works, Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked, Dutch police start true crime podcast to catch killer, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. 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The huge operation has been taking place over the past three months with police seizing 13m of cash in London alone. The force says it is "the most significant operation" it has ever launched against alleged serious and organised crime and forms part of the National Crime Agency's (NCA) Operation Venetic, which has seen more than 700 people arrested across Europe. Users of EncroChat were . 2023 BBC. A military-grade encrypted communication system called Encrochat, allegedly used by organised criminals trading in drugs and guns, was hacked by police and their partners. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, David Pinnington, 39, (left), and David Blackburn, 29, (right), were jailed for their part in the drugs conspiracy, Kevin Daniels, 40, of Linkside Road, Woolton, Packages of cocaine and or cash ready for delivery by EncroChat drug dealer Kevin Daniels, Harrison Laite, 25, of Moss Way, Croxteth, Nathan Harding, 30, of Maud Street, Toxteth, Craig OHare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, George Marsh, 33, of Park Road North in Birkenhead, George Marsh, from Birkenhead, was linked to an EncroChat account through this photograph, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Bradley Luxton, an EncroChat boss, laughed about the hack that would land him in prison for 16 years, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, A photo of a kilo of cocaine shared on EncroChat by Sean Moore, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences. What has emerged is a deliberate strategy in which law enforcement agencies not only target users of the devices, sometimes with highly technical operations that obtain the content of their messages, but also those who run the encrypted phone companies themselves. The police have managed to establish the true identity of the users by analysing their individual messages and personal information. Michael Devine - LawfulArbor and MixedTree. Eight men aged between 21-47 and a 26-year-old woman. 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Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. A group of lawyers representing defendants in EncroChat related cases recently published an open letter in which they said their clients have not received fair trials due to the intense secrecy around how French military police carried out the technical operation against EncroChat. A series of large-scale law enforcement actions were executed over the past days across 16 countries resulting in more than 700 house searches, more than 800 arrests and the seizure of over 8 tons of cocaine, 22 tons of cannabis and cannabis resin, 2 tons of synthetic drugs (amphetamine and methamphetamine), 6 tons of synthetic drugs precursors, 250 firearms, 55 luxury vehicles and over $48 . Stephen Taylor, 33 years, of Norlands Park, Widnes, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for 12 years eight months for conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Encrochat users don't use their real names, but false names, known as "handles". READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. In the UK, authorities arrested 746 suspected top-tier criminals who are believed to be involved in murder, gun smuggling and drug trafficking crimes, and seized 54m in cash and 1.5 tonnes of . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Earlier this month Paul Ks wife was also arrested, as were six other people suspected of being involved in the running of EncroChat, three in Spain and three in Dubai, the report adds. Officers searched his home in St Ambrose Close, Anfield and found an EncroChat phone box, containing the password to the device, written on a piece of paper. Dillon and Keating also admitted conspiracy to transfer a firearm.. Keating was jailed for 22 years and five months; Dillon for 18 years; and Garforth for 15 years. EncroChat phones are among the most secure mobiles in the world Credit: YouTube Marketed as the "world's most secure handset", the device is popular among hitmen, drug lords and other major criminals. READ MORE:Warning issued to drivers travelling home for Christmas over new motorway rule. These are the 113 people who have been charged by the Met Police: Abdelilah HILALI, aged 42, of no fixed abode, Abdsamei CHARKAOUI, 36, Princedale Road, Kensington & Chelsea, Ahmed Khan JABARKHIL, 27, Vimy Close, Hounslow, Aleksandrs KRASIJEVS, 56, Darenth Road, Welling, Bexley, Alexander GUEST, 39, Mansted Gardens, Romford, Anne-Marie BUTLER, 52, South Road, Feltham, Hounslow, Anthony DOMINY, 63, Little Heath Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, Anthony SELLICK, 33, Clunas Gardens, Romford, Havering, Arlton LEWIS-TURNER, 30, South Quay Square, Tower Hamlets, Ashley WILTSHIRE, 41, Uplands Way, Enfield, Augustus BECKLEY, 30, Flat Iron Square, Southwark, Ben JONES, 44, Knowsley Road, Norwich, Norfolk, Calvin CRUMP, 24, Malmstone Avenue, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, Casper WILSON ST-JAMES, 26, Agar Grove, Camden, Cavan HANNA, 50, Pinewood Place, Dartford, Kent, Charles HARRIS, 41, Milner Square, Islington, Charlie BAINBOROUGH, 30, Beck Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Charlie MORAN, 28, The Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, Charly DAVIDSON, 25, The Quarterdeck, Tower Hamlets, Kris SIMMONS, 43, Hatfield Heath Road, Sawbridgeworth, Christopher MICHAELIDES, 51, Millwall Crescent, Chigwell, Essex, Craig ROUSE, 39, Brook Street, Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, Daniel DALLIGAN, 53, Station Road, Dartford, Crayford, Bexley, Daniel MCNEIL-DUNCAN, 35, The Galleries, Brentwood, Warley, Essex, Danny RICHINGS, 29, Harvey Gardens, Greenwich, Dominquo FOSTER, 23, Melrose Avenue, London, Fazil SHEIKH, 36, Northcote Avenue, Southall, Frank WELLS, 39, Margherita Place, Waltham Abbey, Essex, Frankie CLARK, 21, Musgrave Road, Greenwich, Gareth MORRIS, 54, Eastview Avenue, Greenwich, Gareth Roy MATHIAS, 47, Greenhaven Drive, Greenwich, Gavin KALLO, 43, Well Hall Road, Greenwich, George EVANS, 21, Selbourne Square, Godstone, Surrey, Hamid CHARKAOUI, 42, Bevington Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Harry EL ARABY, 33, Oaklands, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Harry HINKS-SAMUELS, 27, Stanley Kubrick Road, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, Jack LEE, 31, Ludworth Road, Welling, Bexley, James DAVIDSON, 33, The Quarterdeck, Tower Hamlets, James OHARA, 48, Flaxen Road, Waltham Forest, James SKILLING, 32, Pelton Road, Greenwich, Jamie HANNA, 48, Martin Drive, Dartford, Stone, Kent, Jimmy GOTTSHALK, 32, Ringwood Road, Wolverhampton, Jody HALL, 46, Carters Hill Close, Mottingham, Bromley, John KEANE, 59, Fairfoot Road, Tower Hamlets, Jonathan WHITLEY, 53, Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, Joseph VIDLER, 29, Mayes Road, Tonbridge, Marden, Kent, Joshua ST-ANGE, 32, Church Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Julian AGALLIU, 45, Musgrave Close, Barnet, Enfield, Kerry HUGHES, 53, Wydeville Manor Road, Grove Park, Lewisham, Landi SAKALA, 44, Yorkland Avenue, Welling, Bexley, Lee MORTIMER, 37, Glenhurst Avenue, Ruislip, Lee Paul WILLETTS, 27, Pembroke Road, Greenford, Ealing, Lee William ANDERSON, 61, South Road, Feltham, Hounslow, Leo GRAY, 28, Bridgewater Drive, Westcliff-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea, Liam BILES, 32, John Eliot Close, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, Essex, Liam TULLET, 29, Bloomfield, Road, Greenwich, Lovepreet SINGH, 22, Upton Lea Parade, Wexham Road, Slough, Luchieo JOHN, 29, Admiralty Avenue, Silvertown, Newham, Marc SEYMOUR, 58, Craymill Square, Crayford, Bexley, Marcus ELMER, 48, Riverbank Point, High Street, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Marlon WILLIAMS, 40, Rossiter Fields, Underhill, Barnet, Matthew EXALL, 24, Shirley House Drive, Greenwich, Milan HUSSAIN, 34, Melford Road, East Ham, Miles HEADLEY, 24, Mount Nod Road, Lambeth, Mohamed AHMED, 49, Clarence Gardens, Camden, Mohammed SABEK, 33, Clem Attlee Court, Hammersmith & Fulham, Muhamad USMAN, 33, Keveloic Road, Tottenham, Muhammad Arslan KHALID, 46, Woodlands Road, Southall, Ealing, Nacoli BRAVO, 34, Patterdale Road, Dartford, Kent, Nagib OMAR, 30, York Parade, Brentford, Hounslow, Paul JONES, 40, Epsom Grove, Tower Hill, Liverpool, Paul O'BRIEN, 53, Manor Way, Southall, Ealing, Peter THOMPSON, 56, Lidiard Road, Wandsworth, Philemon GHEZZEHEY, 25, Scotts Road, Hammersmith & Fulham, Rayco PEREZ, 30, The Chase, Oxshott, Leatherhead, Surrey, Rebecca MCDONALD, 47, Danescombe, Lewisham, London, Robert WIGGINS, 42, Westbourne Grove, Kensington & Chelsea, Rozanna GRAY, 27, Bridgewater Drive, Westcliff-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea, Ruslan SHAMSUTDINOV, 35, Glenister Road, Greenwich, Sean SKINNER, 41, Nightingale Vale, Greenwich, Stacey THOMPSON, 41, Lidiard Road Wandsworth London, Stephen Chimunya SAKALA, 34, Gatesborough Street, Hackney, Stephen WILLIS, 34, Chevington Way, Hornchurch, Havering, Tariq HUSSAIN, 28, Seymour Road, Mitcham, Sutton, Terrence OCONNOR, 24, Webb Street, Bolton, Horwich, Tjay BURRELL, 30, Glendale, Swanley, Kent, Tyler TANNER, 23, Henderson Drive, Dartford, Kent, Udham SINGH, 20, Upton Lea Parade, Wexham Road, Slough, Vickrahdeep SAHOTA, 28, Eastcourt Avenue, Reading, Vincent OJO, 30, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, Yassin SIYAHLA, 27, Holland Close, Redhill, Surrey, Yousefe ELBRIRI, 26, Oxford Gardens, Kensington & Chelsea, Armed police raid houses during Operation Venetic. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". He was caught when police recovered text messages from the EncroChat network. Philip Dearden, 31, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. . His EncroChat handle was LaughingStorm. Thousands of officers from the NCA, regional crime squads and every police force in the UK were involved in the international operation, which was launched in April. EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing encrypted communication among subscribers. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. The 25-year-old, of Moss Way, Croxteth, sent text messages under the handle "LoadedSun" discussing the sale of 136,000 of cannabis. He admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis and conspiring to convert criminal property, between December 29, 2019 and May 30, 2020. Entire organised crime groups dismantled during Operation Venetic with 746 arrests, and 54m criminal cash, 77 firearms and over two tonnes of drugs seized so far. 3) Tick as many boxes as you like, for each newsletter you want. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Laughingstorm', 'Kindtailor' and 'Wiredfork' see empires crumble after hack. READ MORE: Secret gang messages of SnowEmu, SacredMask and MancJoey that brought them down, Jordan Alvis, 35, of Trent Close, West Derby, was sentenced to nine years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply ketamine and heroin and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. . They both pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply the three drugs. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Liam Garvey - ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. . Many have been through Liverpool Crown Court this year after their crimes were exposed. This is the warning that sent shockwaves through Britain's criminal underworld after police penetrated an encrypted phone network for 'untouchable' crime bosses. EncroChat drug dealer Sean Moore also sold Covid 19 testing kits as a sideline during lockdown. Geoff Green, the founder of legitimate encrypted phone company Myntex, previously described to Motherboard his interactions with Krusky and what appears to be the very early stages of EncroChat. The operation followed the infiltration of a the EncroChat encrypted communications network used by organised criminals to . Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 59 - 60. Liverpool's courts are some of the busiest in the UK, with a huge variety of cases being heard each week. There are other newsletters available too if you want them as well. READ MORE: Dealer 'Vilecrusher' told police: 'Anyone whos had those Encros is f***ing going'. Jordan Hughes traded cocaine and heroin with crooks using names of Liverpool FC stars on EncroChat. Law enforcement agencies around the world have increasingly targeted the creators and administrators of encrypted phone companies.
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