Thousands of Australian police have carried out co-ordinated raids and arrests after a sting dismantled an 'encrypted' app used by criminals
A long-running law enforcement initiative has yielded mass raids and arrests across Australia using intelligence from a key encrypted communications platform relied on by organised crime figures to avoid police surveillance.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to address the media on the raids at 9.30am on Tuesday morning in Sydney alongside Home Affairs Karen Andrews, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and FBI Legal Attaché from the US Embassy, Anthony Russo.Alex Ellinghausen Thousands of police officers across Australia carried out co-ordinated raids and arrests in recent days, with much of the activity in NSW.
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