Our ABC has the finger on the pulse of Operation Iron Curtain aka IronSide
IronSide on news.com 16 pages in Daily Tellegraph aka Terror DT Sydney
Mr Ayik, Australia’s most wanted man, was duped by police operatives into distributing the app. After taking control of An0m when it was developed, agencies turned the Istanbul-based man into a top promoter and distributor of the platform that ultimately ensnared hundreds of alleged Australian criminals.
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Operation Ironside announcement
Aussie cops convinced “influencers” who could get others to use the AN0M app where their secret networks were finally exposed.
It has been reported that more 100 people have been charged, 3366kg of drugs, $35.8m in cash seized and 72 firearms confiscated in Australia already with numbers expected to increase dramatically with 4000 police raiding properties across Australia today.
Australian Police said they had been monitoring a Trojan horse app being used by crime gangs to plan executions, mass drug importations, money laundering and gun running.
Police intercepted, descrambled and read 25 million messages sent on devices using the app.
Australian Detective Superintendent Des Appleby told The Courier Mail that police had been secretly listening to the deepest secrets of underworld figures and drug lords for almost three years.
“I think they’ll be shocked to their core that they’ve been stooged this badly. All their thoughts and plans, schemes, and they’re all in the hands of the police,” said Appleby
One wonders how many stolen and manufactured identities were used by the criminals to set up bank accounts
: A mafia heavyweight masquerading as a respectable businessman was the key local influencer police used to get their secret AN0M devices into the hands of serious criminals across Australia.
Part 1: How Australian Federal Police and the FBI busted organised criminals on AN0M app
Part 2: 96 seconds that saw the Australian criminal underworld implode under Operation Ironside
PART 2: This is the moment Australian Federal Police created the AN0M app — a Trojan horse that could expose criminals and their networks.
PART 2: This is the moment Australian Federal Police created the AN0M app — a Trojan horse that could expose criminals and their networks.
A police spokesperson confirmed police were “in the process of executing a number of search warrants across the North Island” as a part of the operation, including Wellington.
Police confirmed an unspecified number of people had been arrested and would be appearing in Auckland and Hamilton district court on a wide range of serious drug dealing and money laundering charges.
Further information would be released later in the morning, with a briefing to media scheduled at 11am in Auckland.
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