More than 400 criminals jailed in “unprecedented” Met Police EncroChat operation

Evening Standard

In an interview with PA Media, Metropolitan Police Commander, Paul Brogden, talked about Operation Eternal. Over 400 criminals have been sent to prison in an “unprecedented" operation targeting the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat.

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00:00 Well, this was the biggest operation that the Metropolitan Police Service has ever conducted

00:12 in terms of organised crime here in London. We've made over 900 arrests, we've convicted

00:18 426 individuals for total imprisonment of 3,722 years, that's an average of 8 and a

00:24 half years per conviction. These are significant criminals, these are people who have been

00:29 operating at the highest echelon of criminality here in London and we're obviously really,

00:34 really pleased to announce these results today.

00:36 Well, I think it's really important that Londoners know that this operation started in March

00:41 2020, it was the peak of Covid, officers and staff were working incredibly hard to bring

00:46 these people to justice from that point onwards. I think it's also incredibly important for

00:50 the communities of London to know that these were the kingpins, these were the people who

00:54 were operating and directing urban street gangs, dealing drugs, committing violence

00:59 on the streets of London. So we think it's made a significant impact and it's right that

01:03 we bring these people to justice. They were leading lavish lifestyles, they were sitting

01:07 there in their leafy enclaves, they didn't expect police to knock on their door and we

01:11 did and we brought them to justice, so I'm incredibly pleased about that.

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