EncroChat: France says ‘defence secrecy’ in police surveillance operations is constitutional
France’s constitutional court has rejected arguments that the use of “defence secrecy” to withhold information from lawyers about a police hacking…
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Secrecy over police EncroChat hacking is unconstitutional, defence lawyers tell top French court
France’s constitutional court will decide on Friday 8 April whether police hacking operations that retrieved millions of messages from encrypted phone…
Two men convicted after using EncroChat cryptophones to plot killing
Two men who were accused of plotting a gangland shooting have been convicted at the Old Bailey after police obtained evidence of their plans from an…
Police EncroChat cryptophone hacking implant did not work properly and frequently failed
A surveillance operation that covertly harvested text messages from an encrypted phone network allegedly used by criminals and drug dealers relied on…
Lawyers say ‘unprecedented’ secrecy deprived EncroChat defendants of fair trials
European lawyers have published an open letter saying that “unprecedented” secrecy around the police hacking operation into the encrypted phone…
How diplomatic immunity silenced the prosecutor who coordinated Sweden’s EncroChat probe
A senior Swedish prosecutor cited diplomatic immunity after being summoned to answer questions in court about Sweden’s role in the international…
French Supreme Court raises constitutional questions over EncroChat hacking secrecy
The Supreme Court in Paris has referred a secret state hacking operation which has led to the arrests of thousands of organised criminals worldwide to…
Berlin court reverses ban on use of EncroChat evidence in criminal trials
Public prosecutors in Berlin have been told they can use messages intercepted by French police during a sophisticated hacking operation into the…
Lawyers take EncroChat hacking operation to French supreme court
Lawyers are heading to the French supreme court to challenge the legality of a police operation which intercepted millions of messages from the…
Dutch prosecutor ordered to give evidence on EncroChat hack
A Dutch court has ruled that a public prosecutor involved in the investigation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network should give evidence on the…