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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

An0m: lawyers challenge encrypted messaging app used by AFP in global crime sting

AFP assistant commissioner Nigel Ryan
AFP assistant commissioner Nigel Ryan on 7 June, 2022 – a year after covert action using app An0m was taken under Operation Ironside. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The legality of the encrypted app An0m, which Australian federal police used to run a global crime sting, is being challenged in the courts a year after its highly publicised unveiling.

In the 12 months since the AFP and FBI let the world know they were behind an encrypted phone known as An0m, it has led to 340 alleged offenders being charged in Australia with 1,011 offences. The number of arrests globally is over 1,000.

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