Break the code, take the money, take the power: Inside the plan to dismantle Melbourne’s crime gangs

🇦🇺 The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) —
Break the code, take the money, take the power: Inside the plan to dismantle Melbourne’s crime gangs

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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush is pursuing a strategy to dismantle Melbourne crime gangs by breaking into the encrypted apps they use. The apps are reportedly used to recruit members, coordinate gangland attacks, and direct young people to firebomb businesses and homes.

A cornerstone of Chief Commissioner Mike Bush’s strategy to tackle organised crime will be breaking into the encrypted apps used by the cartels to recruit, order gangland hits, and task kids to firebomb businesses and homes.

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