Justice Senator expects high number of Encrochat proceedings

After a major raid against the rock band Hells Angels, Berlin's Justice Senator Dirk Behrendt (Greens) has announced further extensive prosecutions in connection with the decrypted Encrochat data from last year.

A “high number” of Encrochat procedures can still be expected, Behrendt announced on Thursday.

With a new department at the public prosecutor's office for Encrochat proceedings and additional chambers at the regional court, we are now responding to the many proceedings that will reach us in the coming years. "

Berlin / Potsdam - He emphasized: "The Berlin public prosecutor increases the pressure to prosecute and shows that criminal acts are not worthwhile."

The police searched more than 20 apartments and business premises in the rocker milieu in Berlin and around Potsdam on Thursday morning.

Seven suspects were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and arms trafficking, among other things.

230 police officers were on duty in Berlin alone.

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The Encrochat company offered complex and expensive encryption for cell phones, which was mainly used by criminals in Europe.

60,000 participants are said to have used the chat service because it was said that the technology could not be cracked.

The police in the Netherlands and France managed it anyway.

20 million messages and conversations from April to June 2020 were intercepted and decrypted.

The police authorities in Germany also received various chat histories for evaluation via the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).

Numerous raids followed.

dpa