{"product_id":"dark-wire","title":"Dark Wire","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781541702707\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of how the FBI secretly used an encrypted phone company to infiltrate one of the world's largest crime syndicates, revealing how the underworld has become a globalized economy in its own right--one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten \"in the manner of a good crime thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI created its own tech start-up to wiretap the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: It was secretly run by the FBI.? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBackdoor access to Anom and a series of related investigations granted American, Australian, and European authorities a front-row seat to the underworld.?Tens of?thousands of?criminals worldwide appeared in full view of the same agents they were trying to evade. International smugglers, money launderers, hitmen: a sprawling illicit global economy as efficient and interconnected as the legal one. Officers watched drug shipments and murder plots unfold, making arrests without blowing their cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new epilogue with crucial updates to the case,?\u003ci\u003eDark Wire?\u003c\/i\u003ereveals the true scale and stakes of this unprecedented operation through the agents and criminals who were there. This is a fly-on-the-wall thriller for the modern world, where no one can be sure who is watching.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859889299589,"sku":"PR433984","price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG8P9T79D42.jpg?v=1789110721","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/dark-wire","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}