The EncroChat phones were equipped with numerous features to help criminals, such as the ability for messages to ‘burn’ ...

Your modern-day top-tier criminal is far from the Great Train Robber figure of yesteryear. Nowadays, they’re tattoo-festooned ...

A new Channel 4 documentary will tell the story inside the investigation - the ECHO explains what EncroChat was ...

An officer who took part in a massive operation to hack criminals' encrypted messages has spoken out about the most ‘chilling’ thing he came across. The NCA’s investigation into EncroChat, an ...

A NEW Channel 4 documentary will tell the story of a gripping international investigation into the criminal plans made via a messaging platform. Channel 4 aired the first episode of the ...

A horrifying underworld torture chamber was used by criminals in the Netherlands until a huge discovery explored in a new ...

Thomas Hooton, son of Merseyside musician Peter, was identified by police through encrypted messages about his famous father ...

Hooton pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs between 26 March and 4 June 2020.

A new Channel 4 documentary explores how the infiltration of EncroChat exposed the work of criminals worldwide ...

When French and Dutch experts cracked the code for the EncroChat network, Britain’s National Crime Agency launched Operation ...

Official checks showed Peter Hooton insured a black Audi A3 for his son Thomas. The encrypted chats also revealed he was in possession of about £400,000 and owed others £258,000. Det Chief Insp Lynsay ...

Dean Matthews, 46, was snared after police cracked EncroChat network and nailed a crucial piece of evidence that tied him to ...