Salzburg: 32-year-old arrested for cocaine trafficking
Data on supposedly tap-proof mobile phone decrypted – 32-year-old defendant ended his confession – judgment not final.
A 32-year-old was sentenced to an unconditional four-year prison sentence on Tuesday at a trial at the Salzburg Regional Court for trafficking around three kilograms of cocaine between February and June 2021. According to the indictment, he is said to have used an “Anom” mobile phone to handle the drug business, which is considered tap-proof. The FBI was involved in the investigation. The US Federal Police can decrypt the data on this cell phone.
The judgment is not final. The accused Serb, who had denied the allegations at the beginning of the trial on January 17, finally made a full confession. His defense attorney Franz Essl waived the right to appeal. The prosecutor made no statement.
Smuggled from the Netherlands to Salzburg
According to the indictment, the accused, who had a previous conviction for drug-related offences, ordered the cocaine from two strangers in Serbia, sold it to numerous unknown buyers in the Salzburg area and made a total of 177,000 euros in income. He has to charge 60 euros for a gram of cocaine. The drug was smuggled in three courier trips in trucks from the Netherlands to Salzburg and taken over by the Serbs in Golling.
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The prosecutor said the suspect spoke openly about the drug with the supplier using the Anom mobile phone. A photo of drugs was also taken with the cell phone. With the help of decryption codes, the authorities tracked down the Serbs. In the man’s apartment in the city of Salzburg, investigators found around 30 grams of cocaine, 34,000 euros in cash and a money counter. The data evaluated by the FBI, such as name, place of residence and family members, matched his person. The US investigators are said to have smuggled “Anom” cell phones into criminal gangs in order to track down their members.
The court had the Serb’s mobile phone data checked again by experts. The defendant initially stated that half of the secured cocaine was intended for him and the other half for a work colleague. In addition, he is not the man who was referred to in the evaluated chats with the code name “Bizmark”. Then he admitted that he was the so-called “Bizmark”.