A former police chief, Oscar Sánchez Gil, accused of running a drug trafficking operation, claimed Spanish drug investigators fabricated intelligence reports to hide their use of intercepted phone messages from judges. He said it was a common and systematic practice to withhold relevant intercepted communications and to falsify the origin of information by presenting it as tip-offs from overseas agencies. He alleged that most information attributed to the US DEA, the UK SOCA, and the UK NCA was false and fabricated to conceal illicit sources or protect informants. The claims raise questions about how intercepted messages from encrypted phone networks Sky ECC and Anom are used in criminal prosecutions. The testimony was given by video link from prison.
"Most of the information supposedly communicated by the [US Drugs Enforcement Agency] DEA, the [UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency] SOCA and [the UK's National Crime Agency] NCA..is false. If is fabricated to conceal illicit sources of information or to protect informants, he told Spain's National Court."
"Sánchez Gil, who is accused of running a drug trafficking operation, told a court that it was a "common and systematic practice" for Spanish drug investigators to withhold intercepted messages from judges. He said investigators maintained "absolute secrecy" about intelligence obtained through encrypted telephone networks and concealed investigations and "relevant messages" from the courts."
"Sánchez Gil claimed it was common practice to falsify the origin of information from intercepted messages by presenting them as tip-offs from overseas law enforcement agencies. The disclosures, if proved true, are likely to raise to questions over the use of intercepted phone messages from encrypted phone network Sky ECC and the FBI run encrypted phone network, Anom, in criminal prosecutions."
"Investigators and "relevant messages" would be concealed from judges and not"
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