One of the world's biggest ever criminal busts was dreamt up over beers and has seen more than £100million in cash, luxury cars and assault rifles seized
It sounds like the plot of a James Bond film - but one of the world's biggest ever crime stings has taken down hundreds of mobsters after fooling them into sharing texts with the FBI.
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