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The Canadian accused of building a digital den for drug dealers

The Canadian accused of building a digital den for drug dealers

Update: 2024-07-171
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Paul Krusky is an unassuming tech nerd whose company, EncroChat, was once just one of the world’s many encrypted phone services. Now, he is in a French prison as police accuse him of building a digital den for Europe’s drug dealers.

Globe reporters Joe Castaldo and Alexandra Posadzki explain how EncroChat wound up at the centre of thousands of criminal arrests in Europe and what we know about Paul Krusky’s past and the charges against him.

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The Canadian accused of building a digital den for drug dealers

The Canadian accused of building a digital den for drug dealers

The Globe and Mail