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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Harry Stedman

Crime ‘kingpins’ among 400 jailed after Met Police crack ‘secure’ messaging app

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More than 400 criminals, including senior “kingpins” in organised crime, have been sent to prison in a Metropolitan Police operation targeting the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform.

The force said 426 people had been jailed for a total of 3,722 years behind bars in the investigation, named Operation Eternal, since it began in March 2020.

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