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In the Netherlands, after hacking encrypted messenger found containers equipped as torture chambers

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Inside the containers were discovered, among other things, the cuffs and the dental chair. As reported in the Dutch police, the attackers did not have time to use containers for the purposes for which they were converted, and potential kidnapping victims are now under protection in a secret place

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It turned out that the containers were fitted with soundproofing and handcuffs attached to the floor and ceiling. In one of the containers revealed sets of police uniforms and bullet-proof vests and in another garden pruners, knives and balaclavas

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Six men arrested in the Netherlands after the discovery of seven cargo containers turned into makeshift prison cells and torture chambers. According to “Russian service of BBC”, the containers were discovered in the southern suburb of Rotterdam, after the French police cracked the encrypted phones of criminals.

Inside the containers were discovered, among other things, the cuffs and the dental chair. As reported in the Dutch police, the attackers did not have time to use containers for the purposes for which they were converted, and potential kidnapping victims are now under protection in a secret place.

The suspects were arrested June 22 after the Franco-Dutch operation hacking encrypted messenger EncroChat. A legal company in the Netherlands sold this messenger as absolutely protected from any external influences. Among the participants of the chat was one of the suspects staged a jail in containers – a 40-year-old man from the Hague.

Containers police found in April and established surveillance. It showed that almost every day containers came to work groups of men. When the work was nearly finished, the police decided to intervene. It turned out that the containers were fitted with soundproofing and handcuffs attached to the floor and ceiling. In one of the containers revealed sets of police uniforms and bullet-proof vests and in another garden pruners, knives and balaclavas. Two of the six suspects arrested for possession of weapons.

Just after the break EncroChat in different European countries have arrested about 800 people. In the UK arrested 746 people in the Netherlands – more than a hundred, in France, did not mention the exact number of detainees, adding that it is also about the hundreds of people involved in illegal activity. Their names and role in the crimes the police have not yet disclose. All three countries have arrested and police officers accused of conniving with criminals.

The most detailed report was presented by English National Agency for the fight against organized crime. The Ministry said that the joint operation lasted from 2016 and coordinated via Europol.

In the UK the operation involved more than 500 people. The detainees seized 54 million pounds in cash (stacks of money stored, for example, in the nightstands or in a package of supermarket chain Tesco, tucked away in a closet with clothes), more than two tons of drugs (half a ton of them cocaine) and 28 million tablets etizolam, 77 weapons (including Kalashnikovs), and 55 premium cars.

In the Netherlands, detainees had also seized about 20 million euros, 8 tons of cocaine and 1.2 tons of methamphetamine. The detainees are accused of murders and attempted murders, drug trafficking, robberies and street attacks.