The FBI’s Encrypted Phone Trap

When global cartels needed an unbreakable way to communicate, the FBI gave them ANOM—a secure phone app secretly built with a hidden backdoor. Believing the devices were 100% private, crime syndicates across 100+ countries unwittingly funded their own real-time surveillance, broadcasting over 27 million messages straight to law enforcement. In this episode of Behind the Scanner , we uncover: • How the FBI subverted end-to-end encryption to trick 12,000 elite criminals. • The live interception of massive drug shipments, crypto money laundering, and hit plots. • The historic 48-hour global takedown that resulted in over 800 arrests worldwide. The ultimate true-crime story of how the underworld’s favorite privacy tool became its biggest trap. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/behind-the-scanner--7469504/support. This episode includes AI-generated content.