The smugglers did not realise that their conversation was being recorded.

The smugglers did not realise that their conversation was being recorded.

Explanation

The sentence is in Past Continuous Tense. 


Present Continuous Tense

Active Voice: Subject + is/am/are + First of verb + ing + object.

Passive Voice: Object + is being/am being/ are being + third form of verb + by + subject.