International agency release

# Dismantling encrypted criminal EncroChat communications leads to over 6 500 arrests and close to EUR 900 million seized

Europol, June 27, 2023. EncroChat three-year results: 6 558 arrests worldwide including 197 High Value Targets, 7 134 years of imprisonment of convicted criminals to date, EUR 739.7 million in cash seized, and over 115 million criminal conversations intercepted from an estimated 60 000-plus users.

**Source type:** International agency release

**Published:** June 27, 2023

**Research grade:** P2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Europol

**Published:** June 27, 2023

**Source type:** International agency release

**Research grade:** Source grade P2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/dismantling-encrypted-criminal-encrochat-communications-leads-to-over-6-500-arrests-and-close-to-eur-900-million-seized](https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/dismantling-encrypted-criminal-encrochat-communications-leads-to-over-6-500-arrests-and-close-to-eur-900-million-seized)

**What it supports:** EncroChat three-year results: 6 558 arrests worldwide including 197 High Value Targets, 7 134 years of imprisonment of convicted criminals to date, EUR 739.7 million in cash seized, and over 115 million criminal conversations intercepted from an estimated 60 000-plus users

**Dataset id:** src\_eu\_europol\_encrochat\_2023

## Research notes

- Subtitle on the page: 'Judiciary and law enforcement present first overview of results'.
- Europol CMS 'published' timestamp 1687856418 = 2023-06-27 09:00 UTC. This is a 2023 results release, three years after the 2020 EncroChat takedown itself.
- Retrieved through the Europol CMS node API because the public page is not directly fetchable by automated clients.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[EncroChat interception and shutdown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/encrochat-interception-and-shutdown)

Criminal communications, April 2020

Supporting source

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