Catching the Kingpins: 1. The Hack

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Police across Europe prepare for a top-secret operation: the hacking of EncroChat, an encrypted phone network favoured by organised crime groups.

EncroChat’s server has been discovered in northern France. The French police are planning to secretly inject some code into the users’ next software update. If it works, police could be reading the criminals’ messages for weeks.

At the Metropolitan Police in London, DCI Driss Hayoukane is summoned to a confidential meeting where he hears about the plan. He realises this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and decides to put his retirement on hold.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Series Producer: Andrew Hosken Editor and Executive Producer: Innes Bowen Catching the Kingpins is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:31.8	catching the kingpins. Epolds will be released on Sundays wherever you get your
0:36.1	podcasts. But if you're in the UK, listen to the full series right now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:44.0	This is a series about the biggest organized crime bust in British legal history.
0:51.0	Career police officers of 2535 years so they've never seen anything like this.
0:56.0	60,000 criminals around the world.
0:58.0	As a detective, he doesn't get better.
1:01.0	It was what every detective dreams of.
1:04.0	I'm Mabiners art and for BBC Sounds this is catching the kingpins.
1:11.0	Episode 1. The Hack.
1:15.0	March 20.
1:17.0	March 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has hit London. The government is preparing
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