Ennetcom was a
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based
communications network
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and
service provider
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.
The company was based in the Netherlands as were most of its customers, but most of the company servers were based in
Canada
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.
[ Danny Manupassa, the company owner, was arrested in 2016 amid allegations that the phones were largely used by criminals.][ The company had about 19,000 users.][
The phones sold for €1,500 each and used company servers for traffic.][ The devices had been altered so they could not make calls or use the Internet normally.][
Canadian authorities seized the servers and passed messages to Dutch authorities.][ These messages have led to arrests, including that of ]Naoufal Fassih Naoufal Fassih, also known as Buik (Dutch for "belly"), is a Dutch criminal of Moroccan origins. He has been at the centre of a longrunning feud between two Dutch crime gangs.
Criminal background
He has criminal links to Spain, Ireland and Morocco. ...
.[ Fassih has been convicted of one charge of murder and one of attempted murder in relation to the murder of ]Ali Motamed
Mohammad-Reza Kolahi ( fa, محمدرضا کلاهی) (1958–15 December 2015) was a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who, according to Iranian authorities, was suspected of planting a bomb at the headquarters of the Islamic Republ ...
.
See also
* ANOM
* EncroChat
EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing encrypted communication among subscribers. It was used primarily by organized crime members to plan criminal activities. Police ...
– a network infiltrated by law enforcement to investigate organized crime
Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...
in Europe
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* Sky Global
Sky Global was a communications network and service provider founded in 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. A significant share of users of its systems were international crime organizations involved in drug trafficking, and the company management was su ...
References
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Anonymity networks
Cyberspace
Dark web
Law enforcement operations
Organized crime in Europe
2016 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Defunct darknet markets