Détente

In 2019, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, in close coordination with the Australian Federal Police , in a joint effort called Operation Ironside (aka Operation Trojan Shield), strategically developed and covertly operated an encrypted device company, called ANOM, which grew to service more than 12,000 encrypted devices to over 300 criminal syndicates operating in more than 100 countries, including Italian organized crime, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and international drug trafficking organizations. It also created a secure communications platform that also fed encrypted messages directly to law enforcement called Anom that was sold exclusively to criminals, allowing law enforcement to listen in on their messages and conversations. Law enforcement arrested more than 800 people due to this communications security app.

References The Boys (2019)