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Operation Trojan Shield

Operation Trojan Shield (stylized TRØJAN SHIELD), part of Operation Ironside, was a collaboration by law enforcement agencies from several countries, running between 2018 and 2021. It was a sting operation that intercepted millions of messages sent through the supposedly secure smartphone-based proprietary messaging app ANOM (also stylized as AN0M or…

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Arrests
Europol: 800+ · Australia: 224 · New Zealand: 35 · Germany: 60+
Countries participating
Sweden, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands,
Date begin
2018
Date end
2021
Date executed
October 2018 (initial device distribution) · 8 June 2021 (search warrant execution)
Executed by
United States, Australia, Europol+

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Operation Trojan Shield

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Arrests · 4
Operation Trojan Shield → Australia: 224, Europol: 800+, Germany: 60+, New Zealand: 35
Miscellaneous results · 3
Operation Trojan Shield → 40 tons of drugs (over eight tons of cocaine, 22 tons of cannabis and cannabis resin, six tons of synthetic drug precursors, two tons of synthetic drugs), 250 guns, 55 luxury ca…, Australia: 104 firearms, $45 million AUD., New Zealand: $3.7 million in assets, including 14 vehicles, drugs, firearms and more than $1 million in cash.
Date executed · 2
Operation Trojan Shield → 8 June 2021 (search warrant execution), October 2018 (initial device distribution)
Countries participating · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → Sweden, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands,
Date begin · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → 2018
Date end · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → 2021
Executed by · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → United States, Australia, Europol+
Method · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → Honeypot communication device with security backdoor
No. of countries participating · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → 16
Objective · 1
Operation Trojan Shield → Surveillance of criminal activity

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anom fbi devices operation police law australia arrested also enforcement messages secure countries million united app communication drug europol 2018

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Operation Trojan ShieldArrestsEuropol: 800+1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldArrestsAustralia: 2241.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldArrestsNew Zealand: 351.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldArrestsGermany: 60+1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldCountries participatingSweden, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands,1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldDate begin20181.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldDate end20211.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldDate executedOctober 2018 (initial device distribution)1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldDate executed8 June 2021 (search warrant execution)1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldExecuted byUnited States, Australia, Europol+1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldMethodHoneypot communication device with security backdoor1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldMiscellaneous results40 tons of drugs (over eight tons of cocaine, 22 tons of cannabis and cannabis resin, six tons of synthetic drug precursors, two tons of synthetic drugs), 250 guns, 55 luxury ca…1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldMiscellaneous resultsAustralia: 104 firearms, $45 million AUD.1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldMiscellaneous resultsNew Zealand: $3.7 million in assets, including 14 vehicles, drugs, firearms and more than $1 million in cash.1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldNo. of countries participating161.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldObjectiveSurveillance of criminal activity1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldOperation nameOperation Trojan Shield1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldPart ofOperation Ironside1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldPlanned byU.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, Europol, Australian Federal Police, and others1.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldSuspectsGermany: 1501.00infobox
Operation Trojan ShieldTargetorganized criminal networks that use encrypted communication devices1.00infobox

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