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SIGINT Contributes to Massive Cocaine Seizure

SUMMARY

The author writes a brief SIGINT success story. "British cryptologists at GCHQ successfully broke encrypted faxes" from a narcotics smuggling vessel, then the vessel was geolocated using the SEADIVER and CANYONDUST systems. The resulting seizure included 5.4 tons of cocaine at a value of $689 million.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Sep 01, 2004

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018

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Europe