Dark Wire by Joseph Mason Cox

A behind-the-scenes chronicle of a sweeping undercover operation in which law enforcement built and ran a fake encrypted phone network to monitor global organized crime, tracing how the scheme was launched, the criminals who flocked to it, and the international takedowns it enabled. Drawing on court records and insider accounts, it unpacks the legal gambits, informants, and interagency tensions that powered the sting, and explores its broader ramifications for privacy, surveillance, and the future of secure communications.

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