‘Iconic figures` among 746 crime bosses nicked after cops crack ‘impregnable` phone system
(World News UK)

ICONIC figures were among the 746 crime bosses rounded up after an “impregnable” encrypted phone system was hacked by law enforcement agents. The extraordinary operation has been described by the UK`s National Crime Agency as the biggest ever blow against organised crime in history. 24 24 24 24 A total of 746 “Mr and Mrs Bigs” have been arrested across Britain since the beginning of April after the EncroChat system was pierced. The Dutch encrypted system boasted of being totally secure and premier league gangs insisted on using the £3,000 a year phones to facilitate crime. NCA chiefs said the phones were “pivotal” to “co-ordinate, command and control” organised crime in the UK and “underpins...