16 countries, 800 arrests, but mostly in Australia where among the 224 arrested people are members of the local ndrangheta/Italian mafia clans. Very clever honey trap by FBI and AFP...

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsr...peration-against-encrypted-communication

https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/afp-led-operation-ironside-smashes-organised-crime

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-sa%2Foperation-ironside-36-south-australians-to-face-court-after-being-caught-in-an0m-sting%2Fnews-story%2Fdf4a19f9fe188b19fa9ed1df7cab5ea2&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21suffix=414-b

behind paywall, but here it explains which 'ndrangheta people in South Australia (once connected also to NY too ) acted there - it's Siderno based.

Encryption service AN0M was set up by the FBI, so this network did not need to be cracked, like EncroChat (discontinued in 2020) and Sky-ECC (discontinued in 2021). There was already a “back door” built in LOL.

49 people have been arrested in the Netherlands. 25 drug labs and warehouses have been dismantled and more than two million in cash have been found. According to the European police organization Europol, the police have obtained a picture of about 300 criminal organizations and have been able to follow them from within.

Undercover agents gave the app to an Australian guy named Hakan Ayik who was involved in importing drugs into Australia and he recommended it to his associates, that's how it spread throughout the international underworld.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/op...a-marked-man/VFGM7IV4KMCRQAJLBHNYROU53U/

Neo, did he do it purposely or was he set up? Either way I think it's safe to assume he's in trouble with his friends.

He was set up. And he is a dead man walking. A lot of dangerous people got taken down because of him.

Hakan Ayik's role is not to be underestimated. "He was trusted and used that position to sell these devices. It's a bit like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson touting a gym."

Australian media revealed last weekend, just before the news of the busted network came out, that Ayik lives in Turkey. He would own a hotel in Istanbul and have two children with a Dutch woman.

Among the 17 people that the FBI has subpoenaed as administrators or resellers of Anom phones in the court in San Diego are Hakan Ayik, Dominico Catanzariti, an Australian citizen, and Maximilian Rivkin, a Swedish citizen, were acting as administrators of the An0m network. They arranged new subscriptions to Anom, were able to delete accounts and had the ability to remotely wipe devices if desired, such as after an arrest.

The indictment mentions five Dutch nationals: Abdelhakim A., Miwand Z., Seyyed Hossein H., Omar M., and Aurangzeb A.. They too would have worked for Anom as distributors, or in some other way.

That's worse than I thought. All those people, especially Hakan Ayik, are in deep shit. Imagine 300 criminal syndicates being angry with you.

Bilal Hamze was shot dead in Sydney, could be related to the Anom bust.