Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcülolu is asked by ITV bosses to 'crawl' back into the villa on a secret mission after shrugging off Bud Light controversy It was announced in December up to 160 targets around Australia had been identified under Operation Ironside Phase 2.Įlliot Page says he had a secret two-year relationship with a closeted co-star - after revealing trysts with Kate Mara and Juno co-starĭylan Mulvaney wows in pink minidress and cropped tweed jacket at Paris Hilton's concert in LA. The AN0M platform has provided voluminous, invaluable intelligence and insight that has never been obtained before by Australian law enforcement. When the AN0M platform was shut down in June 2021, about 19 million messages captured from the platform related to Australia. More than $US58million in cash and cryptocurrency has also been seized by global law enforcement agencies. More than 42 tonnes of illicit drugs were seized, along with 220 firearms. ![]() Globally, 993 suspects were arrested after 1,042 search warrants were executed. About $52million in suspected proceeds of crime has been seized. More than 6.3 tonnes of illicit drugs and 139 weapons have been seized. On June 8, 2021, Operation Ironside launched hundreds of search warrants across Australia.Īs of December, more than 700 warrants were executed and 311 offenders were charged with 820 offences. The FBI secretly controlled AN0M, which was distributed and used by transnational serious organised crime, or those facilitating crime for them.ĪFP technical expertise allowed law enforcement to obtain and read the encrypted messages in real time. The global sting was coordinated by the AFP and FBI. Operation Ironside was a three-year, covert AFP-led investigation into significant organised crime syndicates using a dedicated encrypted communications device named AN0M.ĪNOM was used to traffic illicit drugs and weapons to Australia, as well as order local executions. Schwartz had been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and was suffering severe anxiety but did not see a psychiatrist or receive appropriate medication during his latest stint behind bars.Īfter four months in custody, and two days after his first brief visit from a psychologist, Schwartz made a last-ditch bail application in the Supreme Court on February 18. He was the victim of extortion attempts and several attacks, including one involving a sandwich press, and released in March 2020. Meanwhile, Schwartz was in the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater where he was not receiving treatment for his significant mental health problems.Ĭourt documents from 2018 show Schwartz had been targeted in prison during his first time in custody after he was wrongly accused of being a police informant. Confusing matters further, it is understood Schwartz had acquired a second French bulldog sometime last year.ĪFP Superintendent Matthew Parsons said when Schwartz was arrested that police had information he had been in contact with Baluch, who had skipped bail on October 25.īaluch was caught hiding in the back of a luxury car in a truck at the Queensland-NSW border on November 10, 16 days after he allegedly went on the run. Schwartz's lawyers insist the two dogs are not the same. Tiles shown in the image were alleged to have been the same as flooring seen in the 34-year-old's home. They also photographed a French bulldog called Louie at Schwartz's apartment which was said to be the animal in the May 25 picture. When AFP officers secretly raided Schwartz's Double Bay home in August they did not find an ANOM handset but located other phones. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was revealed in June last year that ANOM was being run by the FBI and that AFP investigators had access to all communications made using the devices. The messaging app was popular among criminals because it was thought to have impenetrable encryption that stopped conversations being monitored. Texts allegedly exchanged between accused cocaine kingpin Mostafa Baluch and Bennet Schwartz on encrypted messaging app ANOM in April last year were revealed in court documents
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