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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)..

**Source type:** International agency release

**Published:** March 10, 2021

**Research grade:** P2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**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](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).

**Dataset id:** src\_eurojust\_sky\_ecc\_2021

## Research notes

- 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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## Cited by

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[Sky ECC interception and action day](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sky-ecc-interception-and-action-day)

Criminal communications, February 2021

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