Australian Police Arrest 55 in Major Operation Targeting Organized Crime

According to Foresight News, South Australian police have arrested 55 suspects and filed approximately 800 new charges related to drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and conspiracy crimes in the third phase of Operation Ironside. This operation is a joint investigation between the Australian Federal Police and the FBI, focusing on dismantling organized crime networks. The investigation revealed that at least 1,600 devices in Australia were using the encrypted application AN0M. In the first two phases of the operation, around 19.3 million messages were intercepted. Earlier this month, the High Court ruled that the collection of AN0M messages was legal and could be used as evidence, dismissing appeals from two suspects. The Australian Federal Police previously estimated that the total value of seized encrypted assets related to this investigation has reached approximately 37.9 million Australian dollars.