The anonymous EXCLU messenger last week was eliminated after a series of large -scale raids throughout Europe last week. During the search of 79 real estate objects in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland, the authorities of these countries were arrested by 48 people who were users, operators and administrators of the messenger exclu .
The Exclu application, which was provided by subscription € 500 euros for 3 months and € 900 for 6 months, was widely used by organized criminal groups and gangs of drug trafficking. About this reported Dutch police.
Exclu made it possible to exchange messages, media files and notes with users, which, according to the Dutch police, were about 3,000 people before the service of the service, 750 of which were spoken by Gollandic. EXCLU messenger declares its website that it has through encryption, offers the possibility of remote cleaning of the device and other security functions.
Holland police said that Exclu messenger was closed and no one can use Exclu services again. It is worth noting that not only criminals used the application – among the messenger’s clients were lawyers, notaries, doctors, clergymen who were given the opportunity to contact the police to delete their personal data from the Exclu base.
Along with the termination of the use of Exclu as a shelter for criminals, the law enforcement agencies of the Netherlands and Belgium confiscated 2 laboratories, several kilograms of prohibited substances, more than € 4 million, “various luxury items” and several units of firearms.
Exclu investigation began in 2020 German police after the liquidation of the German Internet provider “Cyberbunker” or “CB3ROB”, which served neoctor criminal sites on the Internet, including The Pirate Bay and Exclu.
The German authorities said that the investigation of the cyberbunker gave them the data necessary to decipher Exclu and control communication. The authorities also established and tracked the developers, administrators and service owners, many of whom were arrested during raids.