M’friend Ed has been investigating the crims again. It’s gripping stuff, and I commend it to you.

(Ed also displaying a commendable grasp of the sanctity of private keys in encryption, unlike either the crims or the designers of their communications networks.)

Read it! (Does contain references to violence… so maybe not if that’s something you want to avoid.)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/crooks-mistaken-bet-on-encrypted-phones

#Criminals #DrugsTrade #OrganizedCrime #Encryption #NewYorker #EdCaesar #ViolentCrime

M’friend Ed has been investigating the crims again. It’s gripping stuff, and I commend it to you.

(Ed also displaying a commendable grasp of the sanctity of private keys in encryption, unlike either the crims or the designers of their communications networks.)

Read it! (Does contain references to violence… so maybe not if that’s something you want to avoid.)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/crooks-mistaken-bet-on-encrypted-phones

#Criminals #DrugsTrade #OrganizedCrime #Encryption #NewYorker #EdCaesar #ViolentCrime

Ex-Mexico security chief’s trial poised to lift lid on US and Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/genaro-garcia-luna-mexican-security-head-trial-brooklyn #Drugstrade #Worldnews #Americas #Mexico

Sinaloa cartel launches violent response as Mexico recaptures El Chapo’s son https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/05/mexican-authorities-recapture-drug-lord-el-chapo-son #Joaquín'ElChapo'Guzmán #Drugstrade #Americas #Mexico

Brother of top Mexican drug lord arrested in Jalisco state https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/mexico-cartel-arrest-jalisco-el-mencho-family #Drugstrade #Americas #Mexico

Colombia activist murders reach record high of 199 this year https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/colombia-murders-human-rights-defenders-record #Drugstrade #Worldnews #Colombia #Americas