An encrypted app at the heart of an international law enforcement operation was illegal from the start and federal police have been breaking the law, lawyers for two alleged senior organised crime figures claim.
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Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, two over a national marijuana syndicate.
SA’s Operation Ironside arrests are heading towards potentially long, complex, court cases – requiring millions of dollars before trials start.
AN0M messages allegedly sent by an Adelaide man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of dollars of methamphetamine to Perth have been read to a court.
The AFP has ‘another ingenious plan’ to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off the Operation Ironside sting.
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Five of six men charged over a $1.5 million cannabis and cash bust sent about 40,000 messages to each other using the encrypted AN0M app, a court has heard.
The AFP’s encrypted app AN0M has led them to a $288 million dollar stash of meth with drug syndicate links from Queensland to NSW.
The AFP’s top cop has revealed who they are targeting next as part of the AN0M sting and warned Australia needs to treat organised crime like terrorism.
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AN0M messages sent in the days before nationwide arrests showed an increasing awareness the app was “bad”, a court has heard.
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