Operation Trojan Shield
What if every criminal message was being watched?
4.1 (34)
57 mins
Explore FBI's covert Operation Trojan Shield, and how authorities secretly controlled an encrypted messaging platform used by criminal networks across the world. Discover how the operation led to thousands of arrests and exposed organized crime on an unprecedented scale.
Ep 1:
The Ultimate Trojan Horse
A Canadian salesman's encrypted phone empire built for criminals collapses into a desperate midnight escape, setting the stage for the FBI's most audacious sting ever conceived.
Ep 2:
Building the Perfect Trap
After Phantom Secure falls, a mysterious informant strikes a deal with the FBI to build Anom—a criminal phone company secretly run by the government, complete with an unwitting celebrity-gangster CEO.
Ep 3:
Empire of Emojis and Espionage
As rival encrypted networks collapse, Anom explodes in popularity, giving FBI agents in San Diego a front-row seat to global crime—and forcing them to confront unbearable ethical dilemmas.
Ep 4:
The World's Biggest Sting Snaps Shut
A synchronized global takedown shatters the criminal underworld in a single day, followed by chaos, betrayal, fugitive manhunts, and legal battles over how the evidence was obtained.
Ep 5:
Privacy, Power, and the Price of Trust
In the operation's unsettling final chapter, the show confronts the murky cost of mass surveillance and asks what Trojan Shield means for privacy in a post-encryption world.
Discussions (5)
Jared
Level 6 · 3 mo agoThe EncroChat bust in 2020 did lead to 6000+ arrests worldwide. French and Dutch police cracked the network after secretly infiltrating it for months. That checks out.
Nettie
Level 10 · 3 mo agoSky cost $1-2k a month not per device
Lloyd
Level 5 · 3 mo agoHakan literally built himself a fake CEO office with neon signs for an FBI product 😂 the audacity is unreal
