Episode 2: Operation Greenlight Part 1 - The International Sting

Criminal networks are dependent on covert communication. This episode is the first of two looking at Operation Greenlight, one of the largest and most sophisticated international law enforcement operations to date dealing with encrypted networks. Two special agents from the FBI speak about creating the ANOM service and how criminals, in the wake of the EncroChat and SKY ECC takedowns, started making use of the smartphone-based messaging app for offences such as drug trafficking and money laundering.

Speakers

• Stephanie Stevens, special agent with the FBI. 
• Nicholas Cheviron, special agent with the FBI.

Europol specialist

• Georgios Raskos, Head of the Organised Crime Unit at Europol's European Serious and Organised Crime Centre.

Links

• Europol press release: 800 criminals arrested in biggest ever law enforcement operation against encrypted communication (8 June 2021)
• FBI news: FBI Targets Encrypted Platforms Used by Criminal Groups (8 June 2021)
• Video of the press conference: Press conference – Operation Trojan Shield/OTF Greenlight