Dark Wire

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The story of how the FBI secretly used an encrypted phone company to infiltrate one of the world's largest crime syndicates, revealing how the underworld has become a globalized economy in its own right--one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries.Written "in the manner of a good crime thriller" (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI created its own tech start-up to wiretap the world

In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: It was secretly run by the FBI.?

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Backdoor access to Anom and a series of related investigations granted American, Australian, and European authorities a front-row seat to the underworld.?Tens of?thousands of?criminals worldwide appeared in full view of the same agents they were trying to evade. International smugglers, money launderers, hitmen: a sprawling illicit global economy as efficient and interconnected as the legal one. Officers watched drug shipments and murder plots unfold, making arrests without blowing their cover.

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Featuring a new epilogue with crucial updates to the case,?Dark Wire?reveals the true scale and stakes of this unprecedented operation through the agents and criminals who were there. This is a fly-on-the-wall thriller for the modern world, where no one can be sure who is watching.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781541702707
Published: December 2025

Number of pages: 352
Width: 138 mm
Height: 208 mm
Depth: 24 mm

Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.