Overview

• Simultaneous raids were conducted in 66 prisons across France, targeting 5,000 contraband mini-phones used by inmates.
• The mini-phones, marketed as undetectable by security scanners, were linked to crimes including drug trafficking, fraud, arson, and attempted murders ordered from detention.
• Three domestic suppliers were arrested, and the domain of Oportik, the reseller of the Chinese-manufactured devices, was seized.
• The operation was led by France's cybercrime units, with user identification supported by the National Penitentiary Intelligence Service.
• Eurojust has been briefed on the operation's methods to enable similar crackdowns in other countries.