A series of police raids in Belgium have resulted in the apparent shutdown of the Sky ECC encrypted mobile phone network.
The Brussels Times reported that 1,500 police workers were sent on 200 overnight raids, mostly in the Antwerp area.
"Information gained from those conversations is what led to Tuesday's historic operation, two years in the making," it stated.
Police and prosecutors boasted of seizing 17 tonnes of cocaine and €1.2m during a post-raid press conference.
As the second major encrypted phone network to be shut down by police in Europe, Sky ECC's seeming downfall has parallels with the Encrochat story, where French an ..
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