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The service has been linked to serious crimes, including arms trafficking and money laundering.

A three-month investigation led to a coordinated operation, supported by Europol and Eurojust.

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Over 2.3 million messages in 33 languages were deciphered during the investigation.

Operation Passionflower

Earlier in 2024,Interpol disrupted thousands of cybercrime instancesas part of Operation Synergia.

The operation led to over 1,00 servers and 22,000 malicious IP addresses being taken down.

The dismantled service is not the same as the legitimate communications platform hosted at matrix.org.

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