National Crime Agency Officer Denies Deleting Missing EncroChat Document

Investigatory Powers Tribunal is hearing appeal that could undermine hundreds of prosecutions

Campaigners against the National Crime Agency's use of data hacked from EncroChat by French police protest outside the Old Bailey in London on May 27, 2022. Chris Summers/The Epoch Times

A National Crime Agency (NCA) officer has denied deleting a key document related to Operation Venetic, the agency’s investigation into criminals using EncroChat encrypted devices, and has told a tribunal the failure to disclose another document was a “complete error.”

Emma Sweeting was giving evidence at an Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which is hearing legal challenges by 10 individuals on the use of encrypted conversations by the NCA from EncroChat, which resulted from a hack conducted by French law enforcement.