Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests. The app’s alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, appeared in a Sydney court Wednesday on charges including supporting a criminal organization and benefitting from proceeds of crime. Jung did not…

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Romanian prosecutors lose appeal to jail Andrew Tate. He will remain under house arrest

BUCHAREST, Romania — A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday rejected an appeal by prosecutors to jail divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who will remain under house arrest amid a second human trafficking investigation against him that allegedly involves minors. The Bucharest Court of Appeal also ruled to keep Tate’s brother, Tristan Tate, under judicial…

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