In a case of large-scale cocaine trafficking, lawyers again blamed Sky ECC’s server hack on Friday. As a result, the judiciary received millions of messages from suspected criminals. A document would show that the Public Prosecution Service (OM) has been dishonest about its role in the investigation into the Dutch encrypted telephone operator.
The prosecution is accused of misleading the judges for the second time in a short time. Lawyers say this should affect the use of Sky messages as evidence, as is now the case with many criminal cases.
Indeed, the Amsterdam court will rule on Friday about persons suspected of having imported thousands of kilos of cocaine via the port of Antwerp. The main evidence consists of encrypted but readable Sky messages attributed to the suspects.
However, several lawyers argued that more research is needed and were given the opportunity to show off on Friday. The gist of the allegation is that the prosecution has always said that the hacking of Sky’s server was a French investigation and that permission was given by a French judge. Dutch judges therefore say that they do not need to reassess the lawfulness of this investigation.
Lawyers vociferously doubt the opening of an investigation
But lawyers Marcel van Gessel, Haroon Raza and Jan-Hein Kuijpers find the role of the Netherlands much more important. In fact, the prosecution allegedly urged the French to investigate. Lawyers say that if they did, Dutch judges were misled and there should be consequences. “The reality that was attracted to us then is not the reality of today,” says lawyer Van Gessel.
To substantiate this, a document was shown to the court stating that the Netherlands informed France in December 2018 that encryption provider Sky was involved in numerous criminal investigations. The French were told that the server was located in Roubaix and asked justice for information with a request for legal aid.
“It could show that what the Dutch public prosecutor always says is nonsense,” continues Van Gessel. According to the statement of the prosecutor, the Sky investigation only started in 2019 at the initiative of France.
The Public Prosecution Service recently admitted that Dutch detectives made technical contributions to an alleged interception tool with which Sky’s server could be hacked.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, it was an unfortunate announcement that it was always communicated that the interceptor vehicle was made by the French. But contributing to development has never been a lie. In addition, the advisors are convinced that the tool has been developed entirely by the Netherlands.
OM is annoyed by the situation
According to the prosecutor’s office, the document delivered Friday makes no sense – an “empty bag”, according to the prosecutor. “It is a defensive hypothesis that the French inquiry started with this, but it has not been verified in any way.”
As one of the frustrated cops said aloud, the Crown said it would hand over the documents Justice said as it became clearer about the Sky hack, so all the ‘noise and confusion’ has now come to light.
According to the Crown, the lawyers’ requests cause unnecessary delays. “What are we doing here?” The officer sighed.
Source: NU
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