Criminals in Italy are increasingly making calls via Skype to avoid mobile phone wiretaps
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Criminals in Italy are increasingly making phone calls over the internet in order to avoid getting caught through mobile phone intercepts.
Milan police say organised crime, arms & drugs traffickers, & prostitution rings are turning to Skype to frustrate investigators.
The police say Skype’s encryption system is a secret which the company refuses to share with the authorities.
Investigators have become increasingly reliant on wiretaps in recent years.
They overheard a suspected cocaine trafficker telling an accomplice to switch to Skype in order to get details of a 2kg drug consignment.
