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Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

  • Bill Goodwin--ComputerWeekly.com
  • published date: 2026-02-02 12:14:00 UTC

Intercepted communications data used to prosecute drug crime gangs is unreliable and does not conform to international standards of evidence, according to an expert report presented to a court in Antwerp

A court in Belgium has refused to allow defence lawyers in a high-profile drugs case extra time after a forensic expert found that digital evidence obtained by police in a hacking operation against t… [+4706 chars]