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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 29, 2021
ENCRO LEAKS: Top QC told CPS of 'risk warrants to obtain encrypted data could be unlawful'
EXCLUSIVE: A TOP QC told prosecutors there was a "substantial risk" that warrant applications to obtain messages from the encrypted...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 20, 2021
ENCROCHAT HACK: £1.6m found hidden inside bed - cash confiscated as court disclosure row continues
MORE than £1.6m of cash was found hidden inside a bed (above) during the National Crime Agency (NCA) Operation Venetic into suspected...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 10, 2021
ENCROCHAT: Claims of secret PII application and questions of GCHQ involvement as court case delayed
EXCLUSIVE: A LAWYER for defendants being prosecuted under Operation Venetic suggested the CPS has been making secret applications to the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 3, 2021
ENCROCHAT HACK: 'Live interception' issue 'back on table' after defence lawyer claims of 'ace card'
LAWYERS for hundreds of people charged under the country's biggest ever operation into suspected organised crime believe the issue of...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 31, 2021
ENCROCHAT: Op Venetic cases being sentenced 'outside guidelines' said prosecutor during court break
EXCLUSIVE: COURTS are sentencing Encrochat cases "outside of guidelines" a prosecutor suggested outside of a hearing after a defendant...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 30, 2021
ENCROCHAT HACK: Further delays to hearings as CPS struggles with amount of disclosure requests
A PRELIMINARY hearing into several Encrochat prosecutions was yesterday delayed after the prosecution was hit with several requests for...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 27, 2021
HUGE NUMBER OF ENCROCHAT CHALLENGES: CPS bid to streamline cases as 53 defendants appear in court
ABOUT 450 defendants charged in the country's biggest ever operation against suspected organised criminals appear to have lodged some...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 21, 2021
More than 1,500 arrested under Op Venetic, but no details on number of charges, devices or appeals
THE National Crime Agency (NCA) today said more than 1,550 people have been arrested as part of its investigation into users of the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 20, 2021
Prosecution witnesses in Encrochat case told not to discuss Sky ECC hack as its 'too sensitive'
PROSECUTION witnesses in an ongoing crown court case concerning several Encrochat prosecutions have been told not to answer questions...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 18, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: NCA refuses to say if it's involved in Sky ECC encryption probe as FBI seizes its website
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has refused to confirm if it is involved in the European hack into the Sky ECC encrypted mobile phone...
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