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More than 100 arrested and dozens charged as EncroChat probes penetrate gangland
More than 100 suspects have been arrested across a series of top-level investigations into Merseyside s underworld sparked by the EncroChat hack
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More than 100 arrests linked to EncroChat have now been made on Merseyside.
Several top ranking criminals have already been locked up after admitting to allegations unearthed by the investigations. Detectives were given access to the private messages of some of Europe s most dangerous and influential gangsters when EncroChat was breached by a joint French and Dutch operation in April 2020.
The hack was one of the most significant breakthroughs of all time in the fight against organised crime.
78 jailed in April for crimes linked to Merseyside
A murdering husband, triple shooter and child rapists are among those put behind bars this month
05:00, 1 MAY 2021
These are the faces of 78 people jailed in April for crimes linked to Merseyside.
One judge had to deal with a monstrous husband who stabbed his wife 300 times, while another locked up a gunman who shot three people in one home.
Disturbing cases included a child rapist who targeted two teenage girls on Snapchat, a predatory maths teacher who exploited a vulnerable pupil, and a serial child rapist who made the lives of three young victims hell.
Jailed in Liverpool: Paedophile dog killer, disgraced cop and young gunman jailed this week
An overview of Liverpool court cases and those jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside
05:00, 19 APR 2021
L-R Matthew Friend, Charlie Harrison and Thomas Anderson.
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These are the faces of 26 criminals locked up for crimes in court cases linked to Liverpool and Merseyside this past week.
Adam Lonergan has been jailed A MAN who was part of a massive drugs supply plot has been jailed after an international police operation targeting criminals who used a mobile encryption service. Adam Lonergan, 30, of Rydal Avenue, Prescot, was sentenced to 11 years eight months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. Evidence showed Lonergan used the handle Sickmallet on the encrochat system to help distribute large quantities of Class A and B drugs across Merseyside. After an extensive police investigation Lonergan was arrested on Tuesday, March 16 and officers found a significant quantity of cash at his home address.