
The closure of the Encrochat encrypted telephone service caused Albanian criminal groups to massively use the Sky platform, which was also closed.
The need for hands-free communication led them to use another means of communication, the Anom phones.
What they didn't know was that the Anom phones were sponsored by the FBI. Through her informants, she had spread the word to criminal groups around the world that Anom was super safe.
More than 12,000 people worldwide fell into the trap of the FBI using Anom phones. Among them, 300 criminal organizations started using this phone since 2018.
Amon was used by members of the Italian mafia, as well as Albanian groups involved in the drug trade. What these criminal groups did not know was that every conversation or message sent through Anom was monitored and stored by FBI and Australian agents.
40-year-old Swede Maximilian Rivkin was involved in the sale of such phones, and then turned into the administrator of the company.
The US State Department a few days ago offered $5 million for any information leading to his arrest.
Rivkin has been wanted since 2021 when the FBI and Europol arrested people who managed, used, sold Anom encrypted phones.
Operation Trojan Shield put into action by the FBI encouraging the use of Anom phones, was made possible by cooperation with an American convict in exchange for a reduced sentence./TCH
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