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New major interventions to block encrypted communications of criminal networks

Eurojust, March 10, 2021. The Sky ECC intervention: judicial and law enforcement authorities in Belgium, France and the Netherlands acting in close cooperation, with the coordinated intervention carried out on 9 March 2021, and that as of mid-February 2021 authorities had been able to monitor the information flow of approximately 70,000 Sky ECC users (of roughly 170,000 worldwide)..

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International agency release
Published
March 10, 2021
Research grade
P2
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Publisher
Eurojust
Published
March 10, 2021
Source type
International agency release
Research grade
Source grade P2
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/new-major-interventions-block-encrypted-communications-criminal-networks
What it supports
The Sky ECC intervention: judicial and law enforcement authorities in Belgium, France and the Netherlands acting in close cooperation, with the coordinated intervention carried out on 9 March 2021, and that as of mid-February 2021 authorities had been able to monitor the information flow of approximately 70,000 Sky ECC users (of roughly 170,000 worldwide).
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src_eurojust_sky_ecc_2021

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  • Establishes the operation start (interception from mid-February 2021) separately from the 9 March 2021 action day and the 10 March 2021 announcement.

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