Gardaí arrest 11 people, seize encrypted devices, ‘play prominent role in international operation’Massive international operation took place on Monday, September 16Ghost platform was used by Irish gangs as well as the Italian mafia, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and Korean mobsOwners of Ghost were based in Australia which has the largest number of users – followed by Ireland
Gardaí have seized drugs worth €16m and arrested 11 people after an encrypted communication platform known as ‘Ghost’ which was used by some of Ireland’s biggest drugs gangs was cracked.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Europol were also present in Ireland for the operations which involved over 300 specialist gardaí and targeted four gangs based here.
