The Metropolitan Police has described the smashing of the EncroChat encrypted phone network as, “the most significant operation targeting organised crime figures” in the history of the force.
The Met said a number of drug “kingpins” had been among the 426 people convicted as a result of Operation Eternal, which was launched in the summer of 2020 as a result of information obtained after French and Dutch law enforcement hacked into the EncroChat network.
