FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gangs. Operation Ironside (AFP) / Trojan Shield (FBI, Interpol) intercepted secret messages between criminal gang members from all over the world for more than three years. Law enforcement agencies from Australia, Europe, and the US conducted house searches and arrested thousands of suspects across a wide spectrum of criminal groups, from biker gangs in Australia to drug cartels across Asia and South America, and weapons and human traffickers in Europe. Investigators shut down the sting operation after their interception warrant expired on June 7.”]