On July 2 the police in the United Kingdom announced they had made over 600 arrests, seizing more than 70 illegal firearms, including machine guns, as well as 2,000 kilos of drugs and approximately €50 million (U.S. $57 million) in cash. A good day’s work, but as with all successful operations, this took months of planning while the arrests took place over a period of just days.
The success of the operation was based entirely upon communication. Specifically, the sophisticated interception of the criminals’ communications and the robust protection of the communications related to this secretive operation, codenamed “Venetic.”
