Since police infiltrated EncroChat in 2020, hundreds of users of the encrypted messaging service have been jailed after their secret...

On Thursday 9 December, Ryan Palin, of Mereworth, Caldy, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, namely cocaine and Class B...

The court heard the group used an encrypted  communications platform to organise and facilitate the supply of 1,000kg of cocaine, 50kg of...

National Crime Agency officers have arrested two men as part of a drugs and money laundering investigation which led to the seizure of...

A man from Maidenhead was part of a drugs gang that flooded the region with a tonne of cocaine and laundered £24 million. The group has...

Whelan had been scheduled for release from prison on Saturday, Christmas Eve, but a decision to release him early, on Wednesday morning,...

Matthew Ryder KC, representing defendants, said it was completely impossible to know whether a critical meeting between Sweeting...

National Crime Agency argues that the lawfulness of surveillance warrants issued to hack the EncroChat phone network should only be...

Defence lawyers said the tribunal should completely ignore Kinnear’s submissions on the expert evidence as “they completely undermine the...

Johnathan Kinnear, representing the NCA, told the tribunal that although they were to be “taken as read”, the conclusions of the...

Defence lawyers told the court that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal had ordered the NCA to cooperate with a defence expert who was...

The National Crime Agency argued at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that expert evidence it agreed to ‘take as read’ is limited, flawed...

The NCA has argued that the EncroChat phone system was almost entirely used by criminals. The court heard that Sweeting had written that...

The tribunal heard yesterday that Sweeting had discovered “rolling notes” of a key meeting at Europol between 19 and 21 February 2020 on...

Lawyers acting for the defendants claim the NCA “deliberately misled” the independent judicial commissioner asked to authorise the NCA’s...

A National Crime Agency (NCA) officer faced questions in Britain’s most secret court on Wednesday 14 December after she failed to...

Defence lawyers across Europe argue that the messages obtained through the infiltration of EncroChat should not be admissible as evidence...

After infiltrating an encrypted phone network widely used by criminals (EncroChat), law enforcement authorities in Europe made headlines...

Arron Corkovic, 35, aka EncroChat user 'Stealthy', jailed for 13 years for guns and drugs offences. Laura Barbour, prosecuting, said...

Liam Freaney is facing a lengthy sentence! The EncroChat drug trafficker arrested at Manchester Airport had a haul of boxing memorabilia...