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# Organizations and roles

April 2020, Criminal communications
[EncroChat interception and shutdown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/encrochat-interception-and-shutdown)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 5 organizations on this action. Operational lead: French Gendarmerie and Dutch National Police. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Gendarmerie nationale](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/gendarmerie-nationale), France | Co-lead | Deployed the technical device on the France-hosted server infrastructure. |
| | [Politie (Netherlands National Police)](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/politie-netherlands-national-police), Netherlands | Co-lead | Co-led the joint investigation team and message analysis. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Coordinator | Coordinated international distribution of intelligence. |
| | [European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-criminal-justice-cooperation) | Judicial cooperation | Supported the joint investigation team framework. |
| | [National Crime Agency](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/national-crime-agency), United Kingdom | Supporting | Executed the UK operational response under Operation Venetic. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

French judicial authorization for the technical device; Joint Investigation Team with the Netherlands; European Investigation Orders; Europol and Eurojust coordination

### Oversight

The record assigns prosecuting or judicial roles to Eurojust.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026