 | Operation Trojan Shield was led by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in San Diego who created a closed-loop encryption cellphone service, called ANØM.
Cops convinced trusted players already embedded in criminal syndicates to distribute the customized phones. They also approached former distributors of busted networks. Their strategy was an unmitigated success. 12,000 ANØM phones were sold and cops read some 27 million messages of top level criminals.
| Cops knew about shipments of cocaine stamped with Batman logos, cocaine hidden in tuna cans, cocaine in French diplomatic pouches and cocaine in frozen fish. |