Police operations/Cybercrime hit, 62 cases of stalking, some arrested

2024-08-15 10:47:00, Kronika CNA

Police operations/Cybercrime hit, 62 cases of stalking, some arrested

Ton Vocaj

The police have carried out several operations in the field of cyber crimes and stalking. The Director of the Tirana Police, Tonin Vocaj, in a statement to the media, gave details on cases of stalking of girls on social networks.

Vocaj said that over 62 cases of online harassment and other cases have been documented.

Statement of Tonin Vocaj

I am here today together with the Deputy Director for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Serious Crimes, the Deputy Director for Public Safety, and the Chief of the Cyber ??Crimes Investigation Sector, to present the investigative work carried out for a case recorded on August 13 , in the field of cyber crimes, during which one citizen was arrested and two others were prosecuted.

The Sector for the Investigation of Cybercrimes, following the investigative work for the prevention and attack of criminal offenses in the field of cybercrimes, has administered a report from a citizen, resident in the city of Tirana, that she has been continuously harassed on various social networks, together with her infant sister, from suspected forged addresses, from an unidentified national.

As a result of the pressure exerted by these fake profiles, the 13-year-old minor left the apartment.

Being in these tight conditions, in order to prevent the further escalation of the situation, after a genuine investigative work within a record time, it became possible to identify and capture the suspected author of this criminal activity.

Following the investigative actions, citizen Harulla Kamani, 21 years old, resident of Durrës, was arrested for the criminal offenses "Stalking" and "Computer forgery", provided for in articles 121/a and 186/a of the Criminal Code.

Also, it was possible to find the minor girl who is in good health and is currently with her family.

It is worth mentioning that from the Sector for the Investigation of Cybercrimes in DVP Tirana during a short period of time, using police intelligence data, the application of special investigation methods, the administration and evaluation of facts and evidence, cooperation with structures of other police forces, as well as foreign law enforcement agencies, several operations have been organized and finalized, several other cases of criminal offenses in the field of cybercrimes have been identified and prosecuted, among which it is worth mentioning:

1. Full legal documentation of 62 cases of online stalking, carried out by the citizen Fabjan Dodaj, who is serving his sentence in the "Lyon Cobras" prison in the French state. This citizen, through falsified virtual profiles on social networks created by him, with photos and generals of injured persons, continuously blackmailed these persons, with the aim of obtaining intimate photos and videos, in exchange for the deletion of these profiles. . Thanks to the investigations carried out by the Sector for the Investigation of Cybercrimes, after the identification of the computer interceptions that were pulsating from this prison, in cooperation with INTERPOL TIRANA and the French law enforcement authorities, a control was exercised in the cell where the citizen Fabjan Dodaj is located, and evidence of sufficient investigations implicating this citizen in this criminal activity;

2. Finalization of the coded police operation "Cybersnare" followed by special methods of investigation, during which two brothers were arrested, citizens Halim Malja, 20 years old, and Jurgen Malja, 18 years old, who in cooperation with each other, after the communications they made in social networks with different people, mainly of the female gender, they provided intimate photos and videos, creating profiles in virtual applications with generalities and photos of these people, and for the non-publication of these materials online, they demanded from the injured persons different amounts of money that ranged from 1500 to 3000 euros.

3. Finalization of the police operation coded "R 13" during which the citizen Endri Xhaferri, 22 years old, known on social networks with the nickname "Amsterdam", who through fake virtual profiles on social networks created by his, with photographs, generalities and derogatory descriptions of the injured persons, in exchange for the deletion of these profiles, he demanded from the injured persons the sum of 1000 euros.

4. Completion of the police operation coded "Threat 2", during which the citizen Genti Gega, 45 years old, who stalked online for a long time, a 23-year-old citizen, causing concern to her and her family members, was arrested .

5. Finalization of the coded police operation "The Intimidator", during which a possible criminal event that could have serious consequences for a 15-year-old minor citizen was prevented in record time. During the investigations carried out as part of this operation, 2 old events were discovered and legally documented, and the citizen Bernard Çullhai, 27 years old, was arrested, who was blackmailing minor citizens on social networks, asking for intimate photos and videos and to have sex. sexual with them.

6. Completion of the coded police operation "Goldish Axe", during which the criminal activity of 3 Romanian citizens was legally documented, who through the production of cloned credit cards, stolen credit cards and damaging various ATMs , to intervene in their computer systems, have stolen different amounts of money, in different financial institutions operating in the city of Tirana. During the investigations of this police operation, 4 thefts of this nature and 2 others remaining in the attempt were revealed and documented with legal evidence. The work continues in cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction Tirana and the INTERPOL TIRANA Office, for the capture of these citizens.

7. Finalization of the coded police operation "Virtual shade", during which the citizen Lorent Granica, 25 years old, with French citizenship, was detained, who during his stay in the city of Tirana, through virtual bank cards, made various payments in institutions financial institutions operating in our country which have turned out to be virtual cards stolen in different European countries.

8. Also, this sector, under the direction of the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime, participated in the finalization of the international coded operation "PANDORA", which was extended to several countries including Albania, during which the criminal activity was documented in the field of computer fraud, as well as electronic equipment and monetary sums which were used to carry out this criminal activity were seized as material evidence.

Considering the nature and impact of these criminal offenses on the daily lives of citizens, and the consequences that these cases may bring, I invite all users of social networks to manage their social network credentials in maximum privacy, never to distribute data personal data on insecure internet sources, as well as at any moment that they find or think that they have been affected by a cybercrime, save the suspected data with photos and appear at our offices in DVP Tirana, to file the relevant report.

I take the opportunity to thank the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana and all the prosecutors who have directed the investigations on these matters, for the professional guidance which has made possible the legal documentation and the criminal responsibility of these authors./ CNA