News report

# Belgian and Dutch police take down encrypted criminal chat platform Sky ECC

The Record (Recorded Future News), March 9, 2021. The national operation names for the Sky ECC takedown — 'Operation Argus' in the Netherlands and 'Operation A-Limit' in Belgium — and the national arrest and search figures: 75 homes and offices raided and 30 arrests in the Netherlands; more than 1,500 Belgian police officers carrying out 200 house searches and arresting 48 suspects..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** March 9, 2021

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Record (Recorded Future News)

**Published:** March 9, 2021

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://therecord.media/dutch-and-belgian-police-take-down-encrypted-criminal-chat-platform-sky-ecc](https://therecord.media/dutch-and-belgian-police-take-down-encrypted-criminal-chat-platform-sky-ecc)

**What it supports:** The national operation names for the Sky ECC takedown — 'Operation Argus' in the Netherlands and 'Operation A-Limit' in Belgium — and the national arrest and search figures: 75 homes and offices raided and 30 arrests in the Netherlands; more than 1,500 Belgian police officers carrying out 200 house searches and arresting 48 suspects.

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

## Research notes

- Byline: Catalin Cimpanu.
- The URL slug reads 'dutch-and-belgian' but the published headline is 'Belgian and Dutch police take down encrypted criminal chat platform Sky ECC'; the headline is used verbatim as the title.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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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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