{"product_id":"9781541702707","title":"Dark Wire : The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox","description":"The story of how the FBI secretly used an encrypted phone company to infiltrate one of the world's largest crime syndicates, revealing how the underworld has become a globalized economy in its own right--one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries.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 worldIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369027875189,"sku":"9781541702707","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781541702707.jpg?v=1763551785","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781541702707","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}