The main suspect in the EncroChat affair was extradited to France on Friday February 2 before being placed in pre-trial detention. The criminal group could have generated up to “200 million” euros in 3 years, according to Europol.
The dismantling in 2020 of the global encrypted communications network Encro Chat constituted “a turning point” in the fight against organized crime, investigators said. The investigation into this network, which promised criminal groups an absolute absence of traceability, was launched in 2018 in Lille.