Since the beginning of the year alone, police officers from the cybercrime division have already detained dozens of people across the country suspected of making threats against presidents, public administration representatives, local government officials and politicians. Among those detained are people who insulted others, called for crimes to be committed or approved of criminal acts.
By court decision, preventive measures were applied to 10 of them, including temporary detention for four people.
Police remind us that we are neither anonymous nor immune from punishment in cyberspace, and that every action we take leaves a trace.
Since the beginning of the year, police officers across the country have recorded an increased number of reports from citizens concerning both offensive online posts and criminal threats made by telephone, public insults, as well as calls to commit crimes against presidents, public administration representatives, local government officials and politicians from various political groups.
In addition to officers from Provincial Police Headquarters, the information was immediately handled by police officers from the Cybercrime Bureau of the National Police Headquarters, which coordinates the activities of departments throughout the country. The collected data was immediately forwarded to police officers, who carried out checks and further inquiries.
On the basis of the findings and reports collected from citizens, the work of cybercrime division officers alone has led to the detention of 20 people since the beginning of the year. After the evidence gathered in these cases was handed over to prosecutors, the detainees were charged. By court decision, four people were temporarily detained, while the remaining six were subjected to police supervision, property bail or bans on recording and distributing video and audio content via the Internet.
KGP:
This is only part of the results of the work carried out by cybercrime division officers. Many cases are still at the inquiry stage, others have not yet been closed, and new ones continue to arrive. Officers remain committed to their work. At the same time, they appeal to everyone to use online portals and messaging services sensibly and responsibly.
The uniformed officers add:
We remind you that everyone is responsible for every unlawful act, as well as for words directed at other people through various channels. Among the offenses often treated too lightly, which are prosecuted upon the victim’s request, are insults and criminal threats, especially when committed by telephone or electronic media.
In every such situation, suspects must not feel immune from punishment. Officers throughout the country monitor the internet on an ongoing basis and have the means to identify and detain the perpetrators of such crimes and hold them criminally accountable.