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Inadmissibility of EncroChat Data
Opening of the trial proceedings refused. The Chamber holds that communications conducted via the EncroChat service are subject to a prohibition on use as evidence (Verwertungsverbot). The indictment was based essentially on EncroChat messages (16 counts of unlawful trafficking in narcotics in significant quantities). In the absence of further probative evidence, the accused is not sufficiently suspected. Arrest warrant lifted; costs imposed on the State Treasury.
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