In a packed hall in Astoria, New York, the presentation of the latest book by the director of the Cybercrime Sub-Directorate, Manolis Sfakianakis, entitled "Internet Addiction and Other High-Risk Online Behaviors," took place on Saturday afternoon.
The event was organized by the New York Cretan Association "OMONOIA", while Consul General George Iliopoulos and journalist Michalis Ignatiou spoke about the book.
"Internet Addiction and Other High-Risk Online Behaviors"
The book, co-authored with Manolis Sfakianakis by the president of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorder, Konstantinos Siomos, and psychiatrist Georgios Floros, is essentially a practical guide to the pathological behaviors that develop on the Internet and how parents can protect children from the negative effects of its use.
Given that the pathological behaviors developed on the Internet by adults and children have significant social, professional and psychological consequences, the book aspires to be a useful guide to familiarizing oneself with these pathological behaviors, as well as to suggest ways to deal with addictions and support people who face problems from pathological use of the Internet. It can be read by both educators and parents.
The work of the Cybercrime Prosecution
The Cybercrime Prosecution has a track record of numerous successful interventions in child pornography trafficking circuits, in identifying and dismantling electronic fraud circuits, as well as in preventing suicides.
To a large extent, the successes of the service are due to the planning, consistency and methodical nature of its unwavering chief, Mr. Manolis Sfakianakis, who, although he has studied computer analysis and programming, due to his passion for maintaining Public Order, joined the ranks of the Greek Police.
Thus, since 1995, Mr. Sfakianakis has been in charge of one of the most critical services for citizen protection, which is made up of eighty elite police officers who work day and night - without regard to schedules, weekends and holidays - so that they are at their assigned duty station at all times.
