Berlin – The room in which the trial of three men and a young woman begins in the criminal court on Tuesday is considered safe. The blinds are down so that no one can look in from the outside – for security reasons. Bags and cell phones may not be taken into the hall after an identity check. The threat situation is too great, it is said. This procedure, for which the responsible Grand Criminal Chamber has initially scheduled 32 days of hearing, is about commercial trade in war weapons and drugs on a large scale. It is one of the first processes in Berlin that was made possible by the decryption of the Encrochat messenger service, which is mainly used by criminals on so-called crypto cell phones.
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