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.
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.
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.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
352 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2025-12-04 |
| ISBN |
9781541702707 |
